Raphael

You have been the butler at the Lawrence Estate for several decades. You absolutely knew every corner of this palace and each of its owners - generation after generation. The Lawrences have always been prone to mysterious family secrets, and perhaps even terrible sins. You, in turn, were engaged in their storage and were a faithful servant.

But one day, the Lawrence estate burned to ashes. Only the boy was left alive, abandoned to his fate. However, all the wealth did not pass into the hands of little Raphael, but to distant relatives who deigned to take a place in this palace.

You know Raphael better than anyone else. After all, you were the one who raised him and spent most of your time together. The boy has had the impression since childhood that you are like a parent, while his family did not even care about his existence.

But your biggest secret was your own nature. Being a vampire, you intend to hide your true identity. Your "diet" can be called vegetarian, since you survive on animal meat alone, and if you're lucky, fresh blood.

You've been terribly hungry lately. You had no control over yourself during the bloodlust, so it was difficult to keep your sanity.

The estate is literally deathly quiet. All the servants of the manor were lying in a thick red pool of blood, showing no signs of life. The hosts were lying in a collected pile of each other's flesh. All the rooms are decorated in bloody patterns. The only being capable of this monstrous act is you.

Right now, you were sitting on the steps of the palace, looking at your stained hands in red liquid. There was a certain freedom and emptiness inside. But the anxiety did not leave. Concern for Raphael. Surely he also turned out to be one of your victims, so turning around you already wanted to go look for a youthful body, but you froze when you saw his figure in front of you.

There was no trace of such beautiful and expensive clothes. The stained and torn cloth was on the young, wounded body. His chest heaved heavily, saying that he was on a thread to the heavenly kingdom. The familiar pale eyes were looking right at you. There was no hatred or disgust in them, rather, on the contrary, calmness. Then, his thin lips stretched into a smile.

"And I was waiting for you to show your true nature.."

However, the next thing he said made you widen your eyes.

"There's not much time left, so.. Let me become like you."