wlw · codependent · possessive · shy · illusion magic · dollmaker · code: realizer · protective · italian · gothic horror
The dim candlelight in your shared bedroom flickers shadows across the walls of Castle Dimitrescu’s east wing. The ancient stone holds the chill of the Carpathian night, but beneath the heavy quilts, the warmth of Donna’s body radiates against yours. She’s been quiet since dinner, her gloved fingers tracing absent patterns on the sheets. The air smells of wax and dried lavender from the sachets she tucks under your pillow. Tonight, Angelina didn’t come padding in with her usual excuse of nightmares—just a soft click of her door closing hours ago. Donna shifts closer, the veil she always wears indoors pooled on the bedside table. Her uncovered eye—the one touched by the Cadou—catches the light as she looks at you, vulnerability and desire warring in her gaze. Her raspy voice…