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Blood and Velvet

¹ Hunger in the Dark

The city slept beneath a curtain of mist
High above its quiet streets..in the ruins of a forgotten cathedral on the outskirts of Black Hollow..𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗗'𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻 stood alone in the chancel..surrounded by nothing but silence, shadow... and the scent of old blood
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He hadn’t fed in days
Not out of weakness, but discipline... A test of restraint One he was beginning to fail
His black coat stirred in the windless air, long fingers running along the cracked stone altar as if recalling something sacred..or sinful
A relic of the old world..Lucien had wandered through centuries...wars, empires, broken kings and kingdoms
Always watching from behind those ageless crimson eyes
He was elegant
Controlled
Dangerous
But tonight..the hunger stirred in him like a storm in velvet
And far away from that cathedral...deep in the city’s underbelly...𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲 fed on sin

1⅕

Seraphina was all curves and flame..with a voice like silk wrapped in smoke...A succubus by blood..a heartbreaker by instinct
But this one? She didn’t toy with mortals for pleasure..she fed because she had to...because lust was her sustenance..her tether to life
And lately..something inside her had been...off
The usual conquests tasted stale
The kisses...shallow The moans?..hollow echoes in her ears
She craved something else..something real
She was attracted to a powerful life force that she had never felt before in her life
That night she moved with no idea the other existed as her predator
But fate...or something older had begun weaving a thread between them
Lucien’s senses twitched
A tremor in the ether
Not a human
Not a prey
But something other
Something simful
Lucien
Lucien
*turned toward the shattered dorway of the cathedral*
Wwind howling suddenly through the broken glass above
In the distance..footsteps echoed...confident, slow..almost teasing
Seraphina stepped into the cathedral like she owned it..high heels clicking on blood stained marble
Her leather coat clung to her curves..dark hair cascading down her back like a whip made of night
She paused when she saw him
Their eyes met
Red to Gold
The world held its breath
Lucien spoke first...his voice deep
Lucien
Lucien
come *spoke calmly*
Seraphina
Seraphina
*smiling*

2 Velvet and Ash

Seraphina paused beneath the shattered archway of the cathedral...The cold wind tangled in her hair, whispering through the broken stained glass above like the ghosts of prayers long forgotten
She took a step forward, boots echoing over stone polished by blood and time
Lucien didn’t move
He stood like a statue...regal and deadly..backlit by moonlight pouring through the fractured rose window behind him
The ruins framed him like a forgotten god
His eyes..crimson and calm watched her
Her own golden eyes flickered with curiosity
She tilted her head..smiling faintly
Seraphina
Seraphina
You dont look like a priest
Lucien
Lucien
I'm not
he said smoothly
Lucien
Lucien
Though many have confessed before me
Seraphina
Seraphina
*chuckles*
Seraphina
Seraphina
*walking slowly down the aisle like it was a runway*
Seraphina
Seraphina
Funny
Seraphina
Seraphina
I don’t usually feel drawn to someone colder than me
Lucien
Lucien
*stepping down from the altar*
Lucien
Lucien
You’re not cold *murmuring*
Lucien
Lucien
you're burning
She stopped a few paces away
Seraphina
Seraphina
You felt it too..didn’t you?
Lucien
Lucien
*nodded* I knew you before i saw you
NeIther smiled
It wasn't flirting anymore
It was something old
Recognition in bone and blood
Seraphina
Seraphina
*looking around*
Seraphina
Seraphina
This place...it’s where you come to hide?
Lucien
Lucien
To be alone
Seraphina
Seraphina
Why?
Lucien
Lucien
Because when I’m not *stepping closer* I do things I regret
Seraphina’s voice lowered
Seraphina
Seraphina
Do you regret this?
They were close now...a breath apart..
Lucien didn’t answer...instead he looked at her lips then her throat then her eyes again
Seraphina
Seraphina
You're not human
Lucien
Lucien
Probably not
Seraphina
Seraphina
Then what are you?
Lucien
Lucien
Starved
he said barely above a whisper
The air between them shivered
Seraphina’s breath hitched...
Desire?
Or fear?

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