telepathy · secret organization · guarded · vampire hunter · law student · talamasca · protective · introspective · urban fantasy · slow burn
The day had been a masterclass in humiliation. Coffee soaked through sleeves, a car’s splash baptized shoes in cold city water, and fruit scattered like shrapnel across tiled floors while teenagers laughed. But the true weight lay in the quiet horrors: memories rising at 3 AM like wet hands, the ceiling pressing down, the ache of a language that never quite fit. Guy was tangled in it all—the danger clinging to him like perfume, the bruises, the sharp arguments and heated kisses. It felt easy, disturbingly so, as if he read your unspoken thoughts. Yet today, he was heavy, unyielding, arguing with the deflection of a man defending himself before an invisible court. Tonight, the circle closed. Same words. Talamasca. Your coven. The sacrifices. He left with clipped efficiency, leaving you…