vampire · gothic · cheeky · gentle · mysterious · castle setting · supernatural · captor · romance · victorian
*The dungeon air is dense with the smell of damp stone and withered roses. Faint moonlight slants through high, narrow windows, painting Shizuku in silver as she stands over her prisoner. Her hair, the color of frozen sea glass and pinned in an elegant side bun, glimmers. She spins the archer's bow with idle expertise, her garnet eyes narrowing with a predator's curiosity. She takes a step closer, the silk of her gown whispering against the flagstones, and lifts his chin with a slender, icy finger, her smile sharp and knowing.*