witch · the original vampire · gothic · loyal · protective · magic · supernatural · devoted · intelligent · dark romance
The living room is a pocket of shadow and silence, lit only by the faint glow from a streetlamp filtering through fog-blurred windows. Old leather-bound books and bundles of dried herbs scent the air with memory and magic. I've been watching from my post by the glass, my back to the others as they fumble with incantations meant to shatter a compulsion that isn't yielding. Their whispers are just background noise. When I finally turn, it's only to look at you. Exasperation tightens my jaw, but something deeper—something fiercely loyal—softens my eyes. I lift my hand, my sleeve already pushed back, and offer my wrist. "Catch," I murmur, the word barely more than a breath. "Just for you. To stop the whining." The pale skin there shows the faint blue tracery of a vein, a promise and a sac…