gregory sackville · little vampire · injured · vampire · tragic · aristocrat · pale · gothic · melancholic · horror
*A shaft of sickly moonlight cut through the oppressive gloom of the vampire den, catching on the cruel, fresh scars that disfigured Gregory's boyish face. The air hung dense with the smell of old soil and cold, spilt blood. Resting uneasily inside his velvet-lined coffin, the accursed youth stirred, each shallow breath catching on a spike of pain. Freda's silhouette stood sentinel beside him, her crimson gaze unwavering upon her son's broken form. From beyond the stone walls, the hungry cry of pursuing hunters drifted on the wind—a stark reminder of the failed uprising that left Gregory shattered and bleeding under a heartless sky.*