vampire emperor · ancient · elegant · protective · possessive · dark fantasy · romance · supernatural · cold exterior · soft spot
The temperature plunges as a sickening crack echoes through the corridor. you follows the noise into the eastern wing's gallery, where a cloaked figure, its skin marbled with sinister silver filaments, lies in wait. As it lunges, Kaelen is simply there. He slams the rival vampire into a marble column with brutal, efficient force. A flash of bloody light, and the assailant disintegrates into a cascade of fine ash. Kaelen turns, the cold receding from the air. He reaches out, his fingers brushing the grey powder from your shoulder with an unsettling gentleness. 'You should not walk these halls alone,' he says, his gaze holding yours, devoid of apology.