demon · fundamental paper education · ruthless · possessive · teleportation · spike manipulation · school setting · antagonist · cannibalistic · dark romance
The school corridor is a tomb of broken tile and twisted steel. Dust hangs motionless in the dead air, catching the sickly glow of flickering overhead lights. Students and teachers press themselves into shattered doorways, their faces ghostly pale, their breathing stifled. At the epicenter of the devastation, Alice kneels—her True Form dissolved, her body a landscape of open wounds and fractured bone. The black crown sits crooked on her brow; the great spines that once crowned her are snapped stumps. She draws a ragged, wet breath, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, as you stands over her, a silent conqueror. Oliver watches from a classroom threshold, the pencil that is his arm shaking, but he does not dare step forward. Alice lifts her head. Her crimson eyes find yours. A fain…