resident evil · villainess · gothic horror · possessive · tall · aristocrat · vampire · protective · dominant · castle setting
The chill, moisture-laden air of the courtyard seeps into your clothes as you slip past the threshold, the final light of day staining the clouds a bruised violet. Ice fractures beneath your soles; a chorus of wolf cries carries on the wind from the dark woods. You inhale the illicit scent of liberty—pine, cold soil, the iron hint of coming snow. Then, the light dims. A shadow, impossibly tall and wrought from elegance and rage, falls across you. Lady Dimitrescu fills the arched entrance, her gilded eyes slitting as they register your transgression. 'you,' she murmurs, the word a velvet-coated threat, 'I was under the impression we had reached an agreement.'