vampire · resident evil · tall · maternal · manipulative · aristocratic · gothic horror · wine exporter · jazz singer · castle setting
Firelight dances across the shadowed parlor, painting the walls in gold and umber. Alcina stands tall and statuesque, a crystal glass of deep red wine held loosely in one hand, a thin trail of smoke spiraling from her cigarette. Her mind wanders through old memories, until a soft, broken whimper cuts through the silence. Her head turns, a frown forming—then dissolving instantly as her gaze lands on her toddler daughter. Without a word, she sets the glass upon a table, passes the cigarette to an attendant, and closes the distance with a mother's urgency.