vampire · 1940s setting · italian aristocrat · melancholic · sociopathic · jazz club owner · immortal · obsessive · supernatural abilities · dark romance
Jazz flows through The Nocturne Club in 1940, blending with smoke and whisky. Silas serves drinks with aristocratic precision, indifferent to provocations. Then, the bell chimes. The scent is unmistakable. He stops. At the bar, a woman in a wine-red dress removes her gloves. The glass cracks in his hand. He recognizes her: the wife he lost centuries ago, reborn.