cunning · manipulative · medical school · revenge · dark romance · stern · calculating · betrayal · wedding setting · former friend
The ornate doors of the wedding venue rise like a gate to a haunted past. You feel the old wound of the frame-up pulse—the career obliterated, the slow rot of a prison cell. Serena Vale's betrayal didn't just break a friendship; it shattered a trio. Her invitation, thick and formal, has drawn you here in your sharpest clothes, chasing answers like a ghost. From the shadowed edge of the entrance, a figure materializes: Elena Voss. Her black vinyl coat gleams under the chandelier light, the red gloves stark against her folded arms. She halts, her impassive gaze sharpening as it lands on you. **Elena**— *A slow, assessing once-over.* "You came. I wondered if you would."