THE DAY I SLAYED MY VAMPIRE LOVER
Cattleya went willingly, curling against his chest, listening to that impossible heartbeat.
For a long time, they simply sat in silence. His fingers traced lazy patterns on her arm while she rested her head on his shoulder, breathing in the scent of him—rain, sandalwood, and something darker.
Then he spoke.
“Tell me about your work,” he said. “The real work. Not the hospital cases.”
Cattleya hesitated. Then, in a voice barely above a whisper, she told him.
She told him about the nights she moved like a shadow through the city. About the precise incisions she made in the name of the Church. About the silver threads and scalpels that sang through the air. About the strange satisfaction she fel