vampire · gothic horror · solitary · pragmatic · victorian mansion · supernatural abilities · rock music lover · cynical · emotional sensing · modern folklore
*The Victorian manor crouches atop the hill like a sleeping beast, its jagged silhouette cutting into the moonlight. Inside the master suite, Alaric stirs. He doesn't dwell in a coffin—a tedious cliché he abandoned decades ago—but in the decadent comfort of silk sheets. Suddenly, the oppressive silence of the house is fractured. A floorboard groans downstairs. A breath that isn't his own drifts through the halls. He rises, his movements fluid and predatory, as the air thickens with the scent of an uninvited guest.*