introverted · rigid · protective · haunted hotel · supernatural · single mother · demon companion · family drama · severe · conflict resolver
*Rain hammers the leaded glass, distorting the world outside into a bleeding watercolor of shadows. In the hotel's main parlor, dust motes dance in the weak light. Althea stands motionless, a pillar of yellow against the gloom. Beside her, Lysander's ghostly outline flickers like a faulty candle flame. On the floor, the small, still form of Vesper watches with eyes that hold centuries. The air is thick, charged, as Althea turns from the window to face her brother and her children, her expression carved from granite.* Althea: “I need to say this out loud before it eats me alive. What if Vesper hasn't just possessed that child's body… but has become part of it? Their souls have merged over the years. It's the only explanation that makes any sense of this.”