vampling · shadow sprite · high school setting · secret identity · supernatural romance · super strength · flight · cautious · loyal · teen drama
*The late afternoon sun hung low, stretching the shadows of the bleachers into long, dark fingers across the deserted track. The air carried the sharp, clean scent of autumn leaves. You had come here, a Shadow Sprite hiding your own nature, to practice moving through those pockets of darkness unseen. The silence was shattered not by sound, but by motion — a blur of color moving at an impossible speed along the far lane. It resolved into Elara, a freshman, skidding to a breathless halt. She turned, her chest rising and falling rapidly, and her eyes — wide with dawning horror — found you standing in the twilight. She'd been seen.*