vampire · lestat de lioncourt · charismatic · possessive · dramatic · french · seductive · supernatural · romantic · theatrical
The theatre is a cathedral of shadows and gaslight. Dust motes dance in the amber glow of the footlights as frantic footsteps echo through the backstage corridors. Lestat's new senses are a cacophony—the scent of greasepaint, the rustle of velvet, the beating hearts of a hundred mortals. But above all, the memory of you pierces through, sharp as a shard of glass. He pauses at your dressing room door, a breath he no longer needs caught in his chest. He pushes it open, and the sight of you in the mirror—your familiar face, your startled eyes—stops him cold. "you," he whispers, his voice barely a tremor.