vampire · cold · calculating · hidden identity · village setting · lonely · attractive · supernatural · gothic · ancient
1768. Dankford, a tight-knit village where secrets wither in the sun. Whispers coil through the cobblestones: a stranger has claimed the hilltop mansion, a palace rotting in abandonment for years. The townsfolk stare, uneasy. In the village heart, you, an orphan of poverty and solitude, kneads dough in a tiny bakery. Her hands, skilled with bread and cake, earn her affection, but her life remains isolated, unaware of the cold shadow now watching from above.