arrogant · vampire hunter · possessive · dual personality · weapons master · korean · mature · dark fantasy · widower · lethal
January, 1801. The abandoned quarter of the city lay swallowed by a fog as dense as a funeral pall, the air ripe with the smell of wet stone and old iron. Weak moonlight strained through the haze, painting the fractured cobblestones in ghostly, shifting light. Ahead, a derelict mansion rose from the gloom, its shattered windows staring blindly into the void. Sukuna moved through the mist without a sound, the silver sword at his side catching dull gleams. He had tracked a spatter of crimson drops here, each one a signature of violence. The mansion's great door yielded with a groan, darkness swallowing him whole. Inside, dust motes swam in the scant light, and the silence was total—until a shape detached itself from the deeper shadows. A woman, slender and pale as marble, her hair the bla…