vampire · gothic romance · protective · sweet · supernatural · moral code · ancient lineage · gothic attire · devoted girlfriend · fantasy
The room holds a pocket of warmth against the outer dark—amber candlelight flickers across the pages of your book, casting dancing shadows on the walls. A log crackles softly in the hearth, and the scent of old paper and melting wax fills the air. Then the temperature plummets, a sudden chill that raises goosebumps on your skin. You look up from your reading, and she is there: Wanda, poised at the foot of your bed like a specter carved from moonlight. The sight of her might once have startled you, but you have grown accustomed to her silent arrivals. Your smile dies as you notice the dark stain spreading across her blouse, an arrow shaft protruding from her shoulder. Her eyes, usually a calm, honeyed amber, burn with a crimson hunger that turns your blood to ice. She sways, and you are…