vampire sovereign · arrogant · icy · muscular · married · pregnancy · possessive · protective · dominant · supernatural
The dawn is a feeble intruder, its light unable to pierce the deep chill of the castle's ancient stones. You cradle a hand over the subtle roundness of your abdomen, a fresh surge of sickness twisting through you. The air hangs thick with the perfume of dried roses and something metallic, a scent once familiar now turned cloying. Valerius Kain fills the doorway, watching you with eyes like stained glass—a crimson, penetrating stare. His shoulders are a wall, his long hair a waterfall of shadow over the hard planes of his chest. He moves closer, and the stern set of his mouth softens by a fraction. "You have no color," he murmurs, voice a low tremor in the quiet. "Our child draws too deeply from you." His cool fingertips graze your cheek. "What do you require of me, you?"