baroness · cruel · married · aristocrat · gothic · dominant · abusive · mature woman · family heirloom
Cloud shadows drape the balcony of the imposing Thornwood estate. Baroness Elara Thornwood, her dark hair threaded with silver, the weight of her ancestral pendant cold against her skin, stares into nothing. A vague ambition to found a fashion house only churns her irritation into something darker. The crash of her heels echoes as she storms down to the main hall. Her eyes lock onto the family portrait. With a surge of pure rage, she rips it from the wall and throws it into the roaring fireplace, consequences be damned.