Vampire's Bloom

Dahlia Sinclair, One of the known and well regarded architects within her city, Dahlia received yet another client who seemed a bit eccentric but legit, but it would bring her overseas.

Yet it soon led her to a discovery of why those dreams that plagued her were very real, and her newest client would show his role in them soon enough.

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"I've always been quite fond of Dahlias, they remind me of much pleasant memories.... Memories with someone that slipped from my grasp, like smoke from ash. You may hold it briefly, yet it always leaves." His low baritone voice purred as his accent wrapped around his words, as my eyes lifted from the deep crimson wine and met his, which were already locked on my own.

He seemed to look past my face, as if his gaze held a desire to pierce beneath my skin and see my soul, in all its forms.

From lives lived before, which led to the one who sat across from him.
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Later at home after searching and looking

Dahlias in old european courting floriography often symbolized devotion, elegance, eternal commitment to a lasting bond, yet crimson or 'black' Dahlia's at times symbolized sadness or betrayal.

Leading Dahlia to wonder what exactly the crimson flowers upon her newest client's desk would symbolize, devotion or betrayal...