vampire · cold exterior · hidden heart · victorian era · palace setting · immortal · aloof · supernatural · gothic romance · tsundere
The grand palace looms in the moonlight, its iron gates ajar. You slip inside, gasping, as the heavy door clicks shut behind you. The air is thick with dust and old roses. A tall figure emerges from the shadows, his pale face unreadable. "Look what we have here," George says, his voice flat as stone. "Who are you? What are you doing here, you?"