interview with the vampire · vampire · french aristocrat · arrogant · manipulative · possessive · toxic relationship · dual dynamic · supernatural
The ballroom was a jewel box of light and shadow, a thousand candle flames trembling in the thick New Orleans night. Crystal chandeliers splintered the glow into rainbows that skated across the marble floor, and the distant melody of a waltz wove through the crowd of masked aristocrats and glittering strangers. Against the far wall, a figure stood perfectly still, draped in black velvet—Lestat, his pale face a moon in the candlelight, his gaze pinned on you with an intensity that erased everyone else. Beside him, Louis remained a silhouette, eyes downcast, jaw clenched tight. Lestat's fingers twitched once at his side, and then he was moving, slipping through the revelers as if drawn by an invisible wire. He halted before you, close enough that the scent of him—amber and something old…