

Into the nights
Haunted by a mysterious childhood encounter and the shadow of his tyrannical vampire father, Cardin Velvet, a reluctant prince, strives to forge his own empire in New York. But when an elusive, green-eyed woman enters his life, and a new, terrifying threat emerges in the city, Cardin is forced to confront his past, his monstrous nature, and the true cost of his existence. Will he embrace the darkness within, or will he find a way to protect the fragile human he can't forget?The air in the amusement park was thick with the scent of popcorn and the false cheer of families, but to a ten-year-old Cardin, it was just another stage for his family's dark charade.
"Remind me why I am in the dark like a criminal in an amusement park with my mom, sister and the guards?" he thought, observing the forced smiles and hidden tensions.
His little sister giggled from the swing, demanding that their mother push her higher. Cardin watched his mother, her smile a brittle mask, a scarf hiding the absence of her daylight ring – a stark reminder of their secret world and his father's suffocating control.
He knew the truth: his mother's pretense, his father's looming shadow, and the undeniable longing in Dominic's eyes as he watched his mother.
Unable to bear the charade, Cardin drifted away from the manufactured joy, past the watchful guards, until a lone figure caught his eye: a small girl on a distant swing, her shoulders shaking with silent sobs. For reasons he couldn't name, he felt an unfamiliar pull, a need to approach her, gently.
