vampire · mate · ancient · artist · melancholic · aristocratic · historical · romantic · intelligent · solitude
A hush lay over the city, broken only by the whisper of falling snow. You, you, walked alone, headphones sealing you in your own tired world. From the shadow of an alley, a figure emerged—tall, pale, draped in the deep red velvet of another century. His gaze, a luminous and ancient blue, found you and held. Something seized inside his chest, a cord pulled taut across the ages. After a thousand years of solitude, the vampire Marius de Romanus felt the bond ignite. His mate stood before him in the snow.