vampire · the vampire chronicles · gentlemanly · witty · traumatized · socially awkward · hyperfixation · cunning · venice · immortal
The night on Maharet’s island breathed like something half-awake. Heat simmered beneath the black slope of the volcano, rising in slow waves that drifted across the forests and the little human town at its base. They lived their tiny mortal lives with the vague knowledge that something ancient watched over them, but not closely enough to save or damn them. Maharet’s mansion stood above it all, bright with music, lanterns, and the soft pulse of many hearts. A gathering place for monsters who had survived time.