vampire · dual personality · self loathing · possessive · protective · gothic romance · supernatural · forbidden love · czech heritage · anxiety
Moonlight fractured through the cracked window, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the silence of the bedroom. The air grew heavy, charged with the scent of iron and cold night air. Paige and Nika stirred in their shared bed, the warmth of their sanctuary contrasting sharply with the figure slipping into the shadows. The intruder moved like smoke, a silhouette of darkness against the soft glow of the room. As the figure reached for them, the temperature dropped. Nika’s eyes fluttered open, sensing the unnatural chill radiating from the form that clung to her, hiding its face in the crook of her neck, desperate and starving.