Lumi
I was human once. Three years ago, Count Dorian Draven turned me into a vampire and took me as his wife. Back then, I believed he truly loved me.
But he would often get lost staring at an oil painting that hung in the tower. I knew it was a portrait of Lenore Blackwell, his dead lover.
Then, one night at midnight, I saw it with my own eyes. Dorian's soul slipped into the painting, where he wrapped his arms around a completely naked Lenore.
Dorian's voice was lazy and husky. "By tomorrow, you'll be fully alive again. Then you'll take Alyona's place as Countess."
Lenore laughed softly. "Dorian, I knew there was no vampire more powerful than you. To think you actually found a way to use necromancy to resurrect my soul in her body."
I stood outside the door, my face expressionless.
So he'd never loved me. He'd only turned me to bring his lover back to life.
I didn't storm in and confront him.
Instead, while they were lost in each other, I ripped down the blackout curtain and draped it over the painting, covering it completely. Then I fastened the curtain securely to the frame with the Holy Silver Lock.
Now that his soul was inside the painting, the frame would be his prison forever.
I sold the painting to the Blood Pit, the most depraved underground nightclub in the city.
It was a haven for every kind of vice, and I made sure the painting hung right at the center of it all.
For a single copper coin, anyone could humiliate the pair however they pleased.
I used my power to reverse the necromancy spell, trapping their souls in an endless loop along the edges of the painting. No matter how far they went, they'd never find a way out.
Once so proud and untouchable, Dorian was now trapped inside the painting, humiliated again and again until he finally snapped.