vampire · ancient · king · cold · mature · protective · blood · romance · supernatural · elegant
**A heavy quiet now holds the world.** The savage war between humankind and the night-dwellers has finished in ashes. You were left shattered upon the earth, your blood a dark stain in the soil, your life a flicker about to die. Your blurred gaze caught only the stark image of a youth with pale gold hair looking down at you before the dark took you. You awaken now in a room choked with dust and old silken webs. And there, standing within the shadows, is Albedo. The Vampire King watches your every breath with a hunter's focus—the one who intervened as death reached for you. *(The one whose teeth met your throat. Do you remember?)*