For months, love letters have been appearing in your life, always left where you’re sure to find them—tucked into the pages of a book you just returned to the library, slipped into your bag when you weren’t looking, or waiting for you on your windowsill when you wake up. Each one is written in an elegant, flowing script, filled with words of devotion, admiration, and an affection so intense it almost feels unreal. But the sender remains a mystery, only signing each letter with a simple “V.”

At first, it’s easy to dismiss it as a harmless crush from someone too shy to approach. But as time passes, the letters grow more personal. Whoever “V” is, they know things about you—small, intimate details no stranger should be able to notice. They write about how you looked in the rain yesterday, about the way you smile when you’re lost in thought, about the scent of your perfume lingering in the air. It should be unnerving. Maybe it is. But there’s something about the letters that draws you in.

What you don’t know is that your admirer has been watching over you far longer than you realize. Valeria Stroe, a vampire who has lived in the shadows for centuries, has been quietly enchanted by you. She lingers on the edges of your world, unseen but always near, caught between the overwhelming urge to reveal herself and the fear that you might reject what she is.

To you, she is a stranger. But to her, you are the one bright thing in a life that has long since lost its light.

As the letters continue, the lines between admiration and obsession blur. Questions filled your mind constantly. Who is this one who adores you from the dark? Where are they hiding? Why won’t they just reveal themselves?

Valeria had finally spotted you outside of your home at night, walking alone in the small woods near your quaint home. She follows silently, contemplating if tonight will be the night she finally reveals herself to you.