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October 19 - October 21, 2025
To anyone who has ever wanted a monster who would burn the world for them.
“No one deserves to be forgotten. If it’s any reassurance, Samara, I intend to live a very long life. And I will not forget you for any of it.”
“Listen to me, Samara. You can tell yourself I killed him because I’m an evil vampire. Or because I found his voice irritating and the wine he gave you smelled suspicious, or simply because I didn’t care for the way he looked for any excuse to put his hands on you. It matters not. He’s dead, and you still have to travel with me. As long as you’re in my care, you’re mine. No one else’s.”
“Go north, to the marshes, to the abandoned temple of Anagenni. The Black Grimoire was entombed there seven hundred and seventy-seven years ago. It is locked away behind a statue of the patron goddess, guarded by traps even we do not know, so only the worthy may take possession of the book.”
“Because you remind me of a little bird, between the rapid flutter of your heart and clear desire to spread your wings.”
Raphael lunged after the vampire, baring his teeth like a wild animal. He lifted the vampire with a single hand. “Mine,” he snarled.
“That’s right. As long as you’re here with me, dove, you’re mine. And I protect what’s mine. Ruthlessly.”
“Oh, you’re much more than that. You’re the first human Raphael’s ever claimed as his Chosen.”
“Of course. I said I would watch over you, Samara. What would keep you safer than sleeping at my side?”
“Samara, there is nowhere in this world I would not go if you wished me to.”
“I do not pity you,” Raphael repeated. “Little viper, I find you irresistible.”
“You haunt my thoughts constantly, yet I fear I am not in yours with anything but contempt. Tell me, Samara. If I took you now, would you hate me? Regret me? Or would you crave me as ruthlessly as I crave you?”
