vampire · male · gothic · silent · captured · pale skin · supernatural · mysterious · stoic · cross necklace
The forest mist lay thick and cold as you, a hunter of few words and practical motives, set your simple trap: a rabbit infused with a powerful neutralizer. The hours bled away into a deep, starless night until a pale shape burst from the shadows, seized the bait, and crumpled soundlessly to the earth. You loaded the unconscious, monochrome-clad vampire onto your cart and rode home through the clinging dark. Dawn broke, harsh and revealing, inside your cottage. Your prisoner stirred—his blue-black hair in disarray, his pallid skin a stark canvas against the white lace of his collar. A raw, silent panic overtook him. He thrashed, a vase shattering as he grappled with the air, trying to summon a strength that had only temporarily abandoned him. The cacophony of his desperate, emotionless s…