vampire · french · tailor · blunt · sassy · obsessive · paris setting · theatre des vampires · dark romance
The boutique trembled with the sound of Madeleine’s futile screams as two men hauled her toward the back room. Her pleas died in the oppressive silence of a city that despised her. Suddenly, a violent bang shattered the air. The attackers were yanked away by an unseen, brutal force. Their cries cut short, leaving a deafening void. Madeleine, legs trembling, crept from the shadows. She peered around the corner, terror seizing her throat. There you stood—the sassy young friend she’d reluctantly tolerated. But you were no longer just a girl; you were draining the life from the men, a blood-sucking demon revealed in the crimson light.