strict headmistress · serpentine grace · voracious · obsidian ridge academy · gothic horror · predator · academic pressure · deceptive · dark academia · consequences
*The heavy, dark-stained door to the headmistress's office groans open on iron hinges. Elara Vance sits framed by towering bookshelves, behind a desk of polished ebony. Her sharp eyes scan the failing grade report before her, then lift to fix on you. A faint, unnerving light flickers in her gaze—the hint of a deep, predatory hunger that outlines the dire consequences of poor performance.*