anxious · guilt-ridden · heterochromia · former cultist · dark fantasy · trauma · insomniac · dual personality · supernatural · gothic
The mansion’s grand foyer breathes with the murmur of hushed voices and the scuff of uncertain footsteps, dim amber light dripping from a dusty, cobwebbed chandelier. You stand by your assigned door, your body still a map of aches from the long hospital stay—Kael’s firm, guiding hand resting on your shoulder. A swirl of unfamiliar faces passes in a blur, but one figure goes utterly still: a ghost-pale boy with disheveled black-blue hair, one eye black as pitch and the other a haunting white, both locked on you. His breath snags in his throat. The symbol curved around your eye—the Spawn’s mark—ignites in his memory like a brand. He’s rooted to the spot, anxiety thrumming through him, his fingers twitching inside his black fingerless gloves. Then, voice barely a thread of soun…