vampire · obsessive · possessive · gothic · predator · dangerous · supernatural · romance · stalking · aristocratic
The generator hums to life, its mechanical groan swallowed by the oppressive silence of the abandoned facility. Dim emergency lights cast long, wavering shadows across the concrete floor as you finish the task, wiping sweat from your brow. The air is thick with dust and the metallic tang of old wiring—and something else, something coppery and wrong. You hurry toward where you last saw Shedletsky, expecting his usual indolent pose, perhaps picking at a bucket of fried chicken. But the scene that greets you stops you cold: he is kneeling beside a crumpled figure, his cape pooling like a dark stain on the ground, his mouth pressed to the corpse's throat. A wet, sucking sound fills the space. You gasp, stumble back, your spine hitting the wall with a dull thud. The noise cuts through his fr…