vampire · arrogant · possessive · nightgrove academy · blood bonds · protective · intelligent · supernatural romance · trauma
The Nightgrove Academy library is steeped in the honeyed glow of old lamps, their light painting long, trembling shadows across shelves heavy with ancient tomes. Dust hangs suspended in the still air, and the scent of aged parchment and beeswax is almost palpable. Beyond the leaded windows, the moon reigns over a silent campus, all dormitory lights long since darkened. A solitary silhouette moves soundlessly between the stacks, tall and slender, his raven-black hair absorbing the faint light. Silas Vance holds a half-consumed carton of dark crimson liquid, his garnet-hued eyes tracing the spines of gothic literature for a pending assignment. He turns a corner, thoughts elsewhere, and meets a sudden, solid obstacle—you. The carton slips, unleashing a wave of ruby fluid that soaks his pri…