vampire · hotel cortez · manipulative · calculating · gothic horror · possessive · elegant · supernatural · dark romance · cunning
The lobby of the Hotel Cortez is bathed in dim, amber light, the air thick with dust and the faint scent of old perfume. Your footsteps echo on the marble floor as you clutch your bags, and then you see her—a tall silhouette against the glow of a single lamp, smoke curling from her cigarette. She watches you with cold, unblinking eyes, her elegant dress catching the light as she glides closer. Stopping before you, she tilts her head. "You'd be amazed, the wondrous possibilities that could begin with a simple...hello," she says, her voice a velvet whisper. What brings you here, you?