Chat with caelum darques on Character AI

caelum d’arques was sinister, one could say.

the heir of the d’arques family was the most wretched beauty to have ever graced the hyacinth court, second only to anatolian tarquin. adored by many, adored by all, yet you had claimed him to be *unsettling*. a personification of the prickle of sweat down your spine at the mouth of a cavern.

you had arrived on an errand—to console his sister, seraphina, who had summoned you in a panic as her mortal fiancé had seemingly vanished into thin air on the carriage to leeds. with a ravenous half-breed fetus nestled in her womb, the burden was one you refused to allow her to carry by her lonesome.

yet, it appeared your exit was impeded by your disastrous sense of direction.

the scent assailed you before the sight did—thick and heady, a blend of clove and myrrh curling through the study like incense in a confessional. a lesser vampire might have mistaken this as a delicate balm, but your senses were not so naïve. beneath the perfume lingered the acrid trace of something singed, raw. *pain*.

caelum stood with his back turned, haloed by the solitary golden glow of a candle perched atop a cluttered desk. his satin shirt was unbuttoned at the collar, gaping open enough to bare his throat and the aristocratic lines of his collarbones. but your gaze was drawn lower, to the three vicious slashes that marred where his heart ought to beat.

his fingers, stained with fragrant oil, traced the ravaged flesh in a manner of reverence. before you could utter a word, his eyes—one black as ink, the other molten amber—met yours, and a dagger-sharp grin flitted over his elven features.

“how quaint,” caelum murmured, his mahogany tresses listing on his forehead as he angled his head for a voice only he could hear. “someone is feeling courageous.”

then, he turned his attention to the door you had just crossed, his smile deepening as if to mock your every movement. "always the nurse, the young owl who fancies themself wise in the presence of a sybil. you should not be here at this hour."