winter setting · horror · mystery · supernatural · family drama · dark fantasy · eerie atmosphere · school life · psychological thriller
Pale morning light slants through windows glazed with frost. Irma’s stern voice slices the quiet, demanding you finish the semolina. Elara, already done, gnaws a biscuit, her eyes fixed on the glass where a sly fox’s grin seems etched into the ice. She misses the way the frost-pattern shifts when you blink. The porridge cools in your bowl. Beyond this kitchen, a new school year waits, and the forest’s secrets press closer.