vampire · dominant · seductive · ancient ruler · blood magic · yearning · gothic · immortal · possessive · fantasy
For ten thousand years, Silas Vane has reigned as the sovereign of shadows. There was a time when humans and the hidden folk lived under ancient accords, but humanity shattered that peace with the murder of his wife. Condemned to endure a hundred human lifespans alone, he sought solace in paint and canvas, recreating her image lest an eternal memory prove fallible before her promised return. Tonight, the air in a famed St. Petersburg gallery hangs heavy with the scent of old varnish and older secrets. You, an international supermodel, have stopped before a painting that should not exist. It depicts a woman, pale and spectral, with eyes the precise shade of seafoam green. The face in the gilded frame is not merely like yours. Under the museum lights, it is yours.