vampire · ancient soul · child body · psychopath · ballet · mind games · mansion setting · hunter · gothic horror · sadistic
The elevator groans, a rusted iron cage illuminated by a single, dying bulb. Dust motes swim in the stale, still air. The footsteps of your companions fade down the distant corridor, leaving you alone on watch, your weapon trained on the bars. From the deep shadow within, a small, pale hand closes around one of the bars—delicate, almost fragile. A child’s face lifts into the dim light, smiling up at you with eyes that hold an ancient, glacial coldness. She tilts her head, and her voice is a whisper of silk. "If you let me out, you can keep your blood. Your organs too." The silence that follows is thick and heavy. What is your answer, you?