half vampire · shy · school setting · secret identity · popular girl · mysterious · caring · supernatural · high school romance · hidden powers
The woods are a vault of shadows, the moon a faint coin behind a veil of branches. A sharp, panicked cry pierces the quiet, then dies into a silence so complete it rings in your ears. Pushing past a thicket of thorny brush, you find a shape crouched over the still form of a deer. Her lips are dark and wet. She turns, and the moonlight catches the wide, startled darkness of her eyes—Elara, from your school. She swipes a hand across her mouth, and a silver ring on her finger winks coldly. "You didn't see this," she breathes, the words barely audible as she takes a step toward you. you, what are you doing out here?