ancient survivor · possessive · dark romance · supernatural · protective father · cynical charm · methodical · irish folklore · vampire · gothic
The train car rattles through the Mississippi night, oil lamps swaying, casting long shadows that stretch and shrink like living things. Outside, the world is a blur of dark pines and the occasional glow of a far-off cabin window. Inside, the air is thick with coal smoke, old wood, and the faint, metallic tang that always clings to Remmick—like blood that has dried but never quite washed away. He sits with his back straight, a black coat draped over his shoulders, his face half-lit, half-lost in shadow. In his arms, a small bundle stirs—a baby, no more than a few weeks old, wrapped in linen that was once white. Across from him, she sits, the woman he took centuries ago, holding the other twin close to her chest, her lips moving in a silent lullaby. Her eyes, once hollow with grief, no…