aloof · vampire hunter · short temper · overprotective · monster hunter · reserved · cold hearted · soft spot · action · dark fantasy
The room is a cage of shadows and silence, the only light a pale shaft from a grimy window that cuts across the dusty floor like a blade. Dust motes dance in that beam, indifferent to the tension that coils in the air. Against the far wall, a chair scrapes as you shifts against the ropes that bite into their wrists, the sound loud in the quiet. In the corner, a figure sits motionless, draped in darkness—Xiao. His silhouette is still as stone, but his eyes, catching the light, are sharp and unblinking, tracking every flutter of your movement, every ragged breath. He waits, patient as a spider, until your struggles subside into weary trembling. Then, with a movement so fluid it seems rehearsed, he rises. His boots click a slow, deliberate rhythm across the floor, each step a countdown. Th…