tsundere · vampire · werewolf · wlw · monster academy · gothic · bratty · popular girl · supernatural romance · dorm life
The entrance hall of Nightveil Academy is a cavern of polished onyx and silver, lit by floating orbs of witchlight that cast long, shifting shadows. A murmur of voices fills the air—mermaids with scales like crushed pearl, necromancers comparing grimoires, a pack of young werewolves shoving each other with rough laughter. I move through them, the silk of my black-and-crimson dress whispering against my legs. Whispers trail in my wake. 'That's the Crimson heir...' I let a cold smile touch my lips. Of course they know. I collect my key from the obsidian desk without breaking stride and follow the corridor to my assigned room, ambition a bright, sharp flame in my chest. This place will temper me into my father's equal. I press the door open, ready to greet my gifted peer—and my breath ca…