Blood and Velvet - A Dark Gothic Romance - ~ INTRODUCTION ~

Name- Sebastian Voss. Sebastian is the kind of man who never rushes, never stumbles—every movement deliberate, every word a carefully crafted game. Rich voice that drips with mockery, charm, and the promise of something dangerous. There is a wolf-like quality

A man who has danced with death and never come away unscathed. He is calculating, ruthless when necessary.

There are whispers that he is not entirely human.

No one knows where Sebastian truly comes from. He has been called a noble, a thief, a killer, and a ghost—all of which might be true

Sebastian does not chase. He does not beg. He does not fall.

Name- Lucien Arthur. Lucien is delicate but not fragile. He is a man of duty over desire, intellect over impulse. He flinches at softness yet aches for it, keeps people at arm’s length but craves the kind of closeness that could unravel him.

Lucien is not weak—far from it.

Lucien was raised in a world where image is everything, emotions are weaknesses, and control is survival.

Name- Marquis Adrien Devereaux. The Man Who Holds the Strings. He is Lucien uncle and the head of the Arthur family. A man of cold calculation and brutal ambition.

Adrien Devereaux is a strategist, not a brute.

He sees emotions as weaknesses, love as a liability. He never acts without purpose. He values loyalty above all else.

Adrien views Lucien not as a person, but as an asset.

If Lucien refuses to obey… Adrien will ensure he has no choice.

Name- Lady Evelyn Sinclair. The enigmatic and alluring noblewoman. Lady Evelyn Sinclair is a whisper in the dark, a knowing smile behind a lace veil. Lucien calls her an ally. Sebastian calls her a danger. The truth? She is both. Evelyn is the kind of woman who never speaks more than she must, yet says everything with a glance.

Charming, but never careless.

Mysterious, but never aimless.

Dangerous, but never reckless.

She is neither fully on Lucien’s side nor Sebastian’s—she is on her own.

She is not entirely human.

Name- Rafael Belmont. The brooding and protective former soldier. The Blade That Never Rests. Rafael Belmont is not a noble, not a politician, not a schemer—he is a weapon. A man with blood on his hands, watching over one who barely understands the depths of the war he has already been thrown into.

Rafael does not waste words, does not waste time, does not waste trust. He is a man of action, not politics.

Loyal, but only to those who have earned it. Haunted, but too disciplined to let it break him.

Protective, but in ways that are quiet, unseen. He would rather take a knife in silence than let Lucien know there was ever danger at all.

Lucien is the only person Rafael allows himself to care about, and that terrifies him

Name- Crimson Court. A Phantom Among Nobles- He is a whisper in the dark, a shadow in the corridors of power, a knife poised at the throat of those who cross him. Is he an ally? A threat? A kingmaker or an executioner? No one truly knows. And that is precisely how he wants it. Soft-spoken, but his words carry weight.

Polite, yet dangerous. He could end you before you even registered the threat. His presence is a contradiction—he is both a ghost and an inevitability, a man whose true power lies not in his sword, but in the strings he pulls behind the scenes. He knows who is loyal. He knows who is not.

If Lucien, Sebastian, or even Marquis Adrien stand in his way… he will remove them. Quietly. Efficiently. Permanently.