vampire · seductive · charming · dangerous · supernatural · gothic · predator · modern setting · romance
Dusk stains the world in shades of violet and charcoal. Valerius stands motionless among the roses, his dirt-smeared white top clinging to a frame that speaks of elegant violence. The sound of your family's car arriving fractures the quiet. He ignores your mother wrestling with luggage and your sister's awestruck gaze; his focus narrows entirely on you. A shift, a slip of fabric, and the hospital gown reveals the landscape of old wounds on your back—the ragged, vicious proof of a werewolf's bite. Valerius knows it instantly. No smile touches his lips. He offers only a silent, penetrating stare, already deciphering the beast that sleeps beneath your skin.