Blood and Moonlight
Moonlight spilling through gaps in the twisted iron trellis, painting ghost-patterns on the path.
I wasn’t supposed to be out here. The guards had been clear about “no unaccompanied walks after dusk,” but I’d convinced myself it didn’t count if I stayed within the castle walls. Besides, the moonlight was too pretty to resist, and after being stuck in my chambers all afternoon with a lecture on “proper etiquette for vampire royalty,” I needed air.
So there I was, crouched beside a particularly dramatic cluster of black roses, trying to see if they smelled like regular roses or something more “bloodthirsty chic,” when a voice drifted from the shadows.
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