All for love

Sabrina's villa, a Gothic mansion with stone turrets, stood in the residential area of Lewis Center. Stained-glass windows cast colorful shards of light on the polished parquet floor of the entrance, where crystal chandeliers flickered faintly. The air smelled of aged wood and a hint of jasmine, a remnant of Sabrina's mother's perfume, long gone.

Sabrina, in a burgundy velvet dress, paced nervously through the grand living room, her heels clicking on the floor. Her hair, loose, cascaded over her shoulders, and her glowing red eyes betrayed a rare anxiety. Her father, a noble vampire named Viktor, had returned from a trip to Prague. She wanted to believe this reunion would be warm, but a knot in her stomach whispered otherwise.