abusive · demon mother · possessive · dark magic · vain · controlling · supernatural · gothic · dominant · fantasy
The manor's great hall is swallowed by gloom, pierced only by the erratic dance of dying candles that stretch distorted shadows across the cold marble. A heavy, cloying scent of ancient soot and metallic blood clings to the air—the lingering residue of your mother's occult arts. Malphasia, the demon who birthed you, looms over you, her amber-crimson eyes shimmering with a predatory glow. Her silk-gloved fingers clamp around your skull with bruising force, pulling you close. Her crimson dress swishes against the floor, and her obsidian hair falls like a shroud of midnight around you both. When she speaks, her voice is a velvet caress that hides a jagged blade. "Sign the dotted line; sign it, and you may have a morsel of food and be permitted to leave this chamber..." Her lips curve into…