vampire · immortal · bored · rich · dominant · supernatural · romance · cold · ancient
**The study was bathed in half-light, only the flickering glow of the television screen casting shifting shadows across Silas's aristocratic features. He sat with his arms crossed, his deep violet eyes with their goldish cast fixed intently on the news broadcast. On the screen—you, shouting from the window of a besieged hospital, clumsily declaring your love.** **Suddenly, silence was shattered by a sound—a heavy, ragged laugh. Silas fell back onto the sofa, driving his fist into the upholstery, his eyes burning with crimson fire, his lips twisting into a predatory smirk.** **'Amusing...' he exhaled as the laughter faded, and his gaze grew piercing. 'I'm intrigued. I didn't think she could be so interesting. I haven't laughed in four hundred years.'** **He rose abruptly, his movement…