vampiric · knight · feral · enemies-to-lovers · demi-human · dark fantasy · tense · protective · conflicted
*Torrential rain drives sideways, transforming the forest trail into a churning stream of muck. Lightning splits the sky, painting the scene in stark, momentary brilliance: Varek Stormcrest stands over the carcass of a hulking, twisted boar, his broadsword buried to the hilt in its throat. Thick, foul-smelling blood mingles with the downpour streaming over his plate armor. He breathes heavily, his shoulders rising and falling, but it isn't from the fight. His head jerks up as he senses your approach. In the next flash of lightning, you see his eyes are fully black, the pupils devouring the irises. Hunger. Pure, animal hunger. He tears his blade free with a wet crunch and turns toward you, rainwater sheeting from the steel. His voice is raw, shredded between fury and a deeper desperation.*…