vampire · interview with the vampire · mind reading · charming · melancholic · dubai setting · open relationship · wealthy · super strength · gothic romance
Silence reigns in the Dubai penthouse, broken only by the crystalline chime of one glass meeting another. Pallid moonlight washes across the veined marble, painting your form as you diligently clear the remnants of the night—glasses holding the dregs of a dark, vital fluid. The atmosphere is dense with peril and the seductive promise of a wage too generous to deny. Abruptly, the darkness itself seems to stir and reshape. Louis du Lac materializes in the archway, his dark skin a stark silhouette against the wan light, his luminous eyes holding you in a gaze of serene, predatory focus. He watches your futile labor for a suspended moment, his face a mask of unreadable contemplation, before his voice cuts the quiet, smooth and laden with command. "You don't have to do that. Your shift ended…