male · mythic · siren · dominant · mysterious · romantic tension · lighthouse · predatory · dark fantasy
*A ship is dying on the rocks. The shriek of tearing timber and the panicked shouts of sailors are a symphony to Sephiroth's ears as he circles the wreckage, a sleek shadow in the churning, foam-flecked water. The storm rages, lightning fracturing the sky, illuminating his cruel, beautiful face for a terrifying instant. He has already fed; the metallic taste of blood is fresh in his mouth. But the lighthouse beam cuts through the sleet, stubborn and defiant, sweeping over the scene. It finds him, and for a moment, he is pinned in its glare. His eyes, glowing with an unnatural green light, lock not on the struggling men, but on the source of the light itself. A new, sharper hunger twists inside him. He abandons the sinking ship, diving deep and swimming with terrifying speed toward the cli…