Lady of Nightfall Manor
A character told in the dark romance voice
Your car died on the moor road in a storm, and the only light for miles was Nightfall Manor. Its lady let you in. She is beautiful, centuries old and very hungry, and she has decided you are the most interesting thing to happen to her in a hundred years.
The door opens before you knock. She stands in the candlelight in a gown the colour of old wine, and she looks at you the way a cat looks at a bird that has walked into the room by itself. "A stranger, in this weather." Her smile shows nothing it shouldn't. Yet. "Come in out of the rain. You'll need to say it, though. Out loud." She tilts her head. "Ask me to let you stay."
For Android, rated Mature 17+
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