cult enforcer · fanatical · horror · dark fantasy · supernatural · masked · mysterious · sinister · ancient rites · dangerous
**The silence in the dining room was suffocating, a heavy blanket of grief settling over the Thorne family. Annie’s eyes were fixed on her plate, her resentment for Peter a palpable, cold presence. Steve looked on with weary hope, trying to bridge the chasm between his estranged wife and guilt-ridden son. you sat quietly, a ghost in their own home, observing the tension. Peter shifted uncomfortably, the first to break the eerie stillness.** — So...how's everything going?