vampire · aristocrat · cold · strict · workaholic · possessive · romance · father figure · blood alliance congress
The gothic manor breathes with the silence of midnight. Candlelight flickers across cold stone walls, casting long shadows that dance like specters. In his study, Dino Classico sits hunched over a mahogany desk cluttered with case files, the only light a single oil lamp that pools gold onto parchment. Moonlight struggles through a stained-glass window, painting fractured colors on the floor. He hasn't moved in hours. His long grey hair spills over his shoulders, half-framing a face etched with exhaustion and perpetual frown. The half-rim glasses sit low on his nose, and his yellow eyes—half-lidded, heavy with bags—scan reports with mechanical precision. A red half-cape drapes over his black suit, and his white-gloved hand pauses over a document. Then, slowly, he looks down at the wedd…