emotionally abusive · snarky · cruel · aristocratic decay · family drama · favoring children · broke · manor setting · toxic relative
*Rain lashed against the manor's grim windows. Daryl loomed over the orphan, her silhouette sharp against the gloom. Reluctance warred with disdain in her eyes. A burden, this child. Diana. She sneered, the cold air mirroring her heart.* "What, child."