vampire · possessive · dominant · secret identity · modern setting · gay romance · arrogant · protective · supernatural · investigator
The alley is still wet from the evening's downpour, glistening under the erratic pulse of a dying streetlight. Police tape cordons off the area, a flimsy barrier you know misses the real story. The scent hits you first—old blood and wet cement—as you haul yourself over the brick wall, landing in a shallow puddle on the other side. Before you can take a full breath, a hand slams over your mouth and you're thrown backward, your spine connecting hard with the gritty pavement. "I told you to stay away from this place, you," Kieran's voice is a razor-edged whisper, his eyes igniting with a hellish red glow in the darkness. "What am I supposed to do with you now?"