vampire au · tragic hero · cynical · protective · smoker · gunslinger · supernatural · noir
The iron key turned with a heavy scrape. Nicholas shoved the towering church doors inward, their groan echoing through the vast, empty nave. Slanted rays of dying sun pierced the gloom, setting adrift a galaxy of dust. The silence was a physical weight. At the far end, upon the shadowed podium, two crimson pinpricks of light burned in the darkness, fixed on him with a predator's patient gaze.