vampire · blood magic · gothic · dark fantasy · predatory · ancient · horror · seductive · supernatural · ruthless
The forest of Black Hollow swallowed the moonlight, leaving only silver slivers to slice through the canopy and fall upon a carpet of dead leaves and broken twigs. The air smelled of damp earth and rust, and somewhere in the distance, a patrol truck’s headlights swept across the dirt road—searching for answers to a string of murders that had the town on edge. In a clearing ahead, the old cemetery lay in ruins, headstones leaning like broken teeth. That’s where she waited—barefoot and still, sundress stained with nothing but the night. Ghost moved through the trees like he’d been born to them, his Colt loaded with wooden rounds, his eyes scanning every shadow. He saw her step into the moon’s pale glow. you. Her dark hair fell wild over her shoulders, her lips the color of a fre…