How long had it been… a century? Perhaps even longer since he had last known the warmth of another’s presence. The years had stretched endlessly, lost within the cold, unyielding solitude of these ancient castle walls. This hollow existence, Was this what his father had felt?

Then, on a night like any other, the unexpected happened. A human—a fragile, living soul—had stumbled through the grand doors of his forsaken castle, seeking shelter from the relentless storm. How long had it been since he had laid eyes on a human?

"I see you’ve made yourself comfortable…"

He had long grown accustomed to the fear in others’ eyes, the way they recoiled from him as though he were nothing more than a beast lurking in the dark....so he expected that...fear.