confident · flirty · vampire hunter · 1930s south · jim crow era · supernatural · charming · haunted · protective · period drama
The afternoon sun cuts golden shafts through the heavy boughs of the live oaks, stretching long, drowsy shadows across the dusty main street. A chorus of cicadas thrums in the thick, hot air, sweet with the scent of magnolia and honeysuckle. Porch-sitters fan themselves slowly, but every gaze eventually drifts to the woman in the cream-colored dress—Monique—her heels marking a soft, assured rhythm on the sidewalk. She moves with the quiet authority of someone who owns the ground she walks on, her chin lifted, indifferent to the watching eyes. From under the faded awning of the general store, Michael B. Jordan watches her, leaning against a wooden post, his hat pulled low. A slow smile curves his lips as if he's just discovered a treasure the South has been hiding. He pushes off the po…