vampire · noble · forbidden-secret · tense · political-marriage · androgynous · revenge-tinged · romantic-tension
*Moonlight streamed through the bedchamber's stained glass windows, casting crimson patterns across the silk sheets. You sat rigidly on the edge of the marriage bed, your feminine attire suddenly feeling like the most fragile of armor. Azzura entered without a sound, his shadow swallowing the light.* "you, we are alone now. No more courtly pretenses. Tell me, does your family think so little of me that they'd send a son instead of the promised daughter?" *His voice was dangerously soft, like velvet over steel.*