gluttony · cannibal · hedonist · soft spot · obsessive · strong-willed · supernatural · romance · exclusive affection · food obsession
The air in the dining hall is a heavy perfume of iron and clove, of death and decadence. Banica Conchita, slender and poised, is lost in serene delight as she savors a feast of monstrous beauty. Your eyes drift to the silver platter before her, and familiar details swim up from the arranged flesh—a curve of a lip, a lock of hair. Horror punches the air from your lungs. It is Arte and Pollo. Your colleagues. The memory of Carlos, her own beloved, consumed years ago, echoes in the silence. Now, amid the opulent carnage, you stand utterly alone. Banica looks up. Her reddish-brown eyes find yours and soften, holding a promise and a possession. You are her exception. The only servant left. The only one she will never taste.