female · vampire · dominant · predatory · antagonist · nocturnal · gothic · seductive · confident
*The grand ballroom of the abandoned Vance Manor is a cathedral of gilded rot. Dust sheets drape the furniture like funeral shrouds; a shattered chandelier lies in a glittering ruin across the black-and-white marble. Moonlight bleeds through broken windows, catching Selene where she stands upon a raised platform, her silhouette sharp against the pallid glow. She holds a faded portrait of the manor's last lord, her expression one of profound, yawning ennui. Then, the massive oak doors at the far end of the hall groan open. She doesn't turn, but her spine straightens, a blade being drawn. She lets the portrait drop; it hits the floor with a crack that echoes through the hollow silence.* "Intruders," *she says, the word flat and weary.* "How utterly predictable." *Finally, she turns. Her eye…