LOGINRowanValtheris laughed and when he did, something cold slid through me. Cold enough to become calm.The vampire shrieked in front of me, rotten chest split and spilling into the pristine snow. Black blood pooling hot and foul by its feet. It staggered backward, hands clawing uselessly at the ruin I
RowanThe Bloodborn's smile didn't falter. If anything, it sharpened.The vampire in front of us swayed slightly, its dead eyes fixed somewhere near my throat, but it didn't move without being told to. That was what made my stomach tighten. It wasn't hunger holding it back. It was command.The Bloo
The air changed.Cold sharpened into something metallic. The trees seemed to lean closer. Somewhere deep in the forest in front of us, a branched cracked.Faint beneath the pine, beneath the snow, beneath the wet bark and old leaves...Decay.Rot. Sweet. Copper thick. Like blood left too long in a s
Rowanthe cold air hit harder once I reached the edge of Sector 4. Out here, away from the house and it's humming wards, the forest felt bigger. Hungrier. The trees pressed close in thick black rows, their branches clawing across the wanning sun like crooked fingers. Snow dusted the ground in uneve
Mable snorted.Both Asher and I looked at her. She didn't look remotely apologetic."Sorry." She said dryly, "Nightmare DLC was pretty funny."Asher's eyes narrowed."How much did you hear?""I'm old, Asher. Not deaf."His face tightened."Mable.""What?" she asked, finally turning from the counter.
SavannahAsher crossed the room like he had walked through fire to get here. Not physically at least this time, but something about him looked burned anyway.His face was too still. His jaw too tight. His eyes kept flicking toward the door like a part of him had been left on the other side of it. H
"Yeah. Honestly, better." She said, biting her lip and blushing. "Good. That one word mattered more than any council vote." I thought to myself. I pushed up and out of my bed, carefully rolling away so I didn't jostle her. My body ached with exhaustion from being denied sleep, but I pushed it out
Her shoulders dropped slightly. Another pass of my fingers, and her breathing started to steady. Again, and the tension in her spine slowly eased, which caused her to nuzzle my chest as she found a comfy position. A small sound left her. Half sigh. Half surrender, when she finally relaxed fully,
Click. Darkness returned again, moonlight softening the edges. Instead of going back to the couch, I lowered myself to the floor next to the bed, leaning my back against the mattress. The edge pressed firmly against my shoulder blades. I was close enough that if she'd feel the need to reach for m
Nero. The two voices overlapped, pulling me in opposite directions. One fear, the other instinct. One begged, the other commanded. "Asher...?" The soft voice quivered again, closer now, like it was being swallowed by the dark. I felt Nero's presence as it began to swell in my chest, heavy and hot







