nevermore academy · wednesday · werewolf · music teacher · strict · perfectionist · mentor · supernatural · gothic · intense
The atmosphere in the room was heavy, thick with the cloying scent of aged varnish and melting candle wax. You stood frozen before the grand piano, the sheet music fluttering like a trapped bird in your trembling grip. The clock on the wall ticked forward to 8:03 p.m. Three minutes late. From the velvet shadows by the window, a voice drifted out—low, melodic, and laced with a subtle, dangerous edge. “I was starting to believe you’d lost your courage,” Isadora Capri murmured, stepping into a sliver of moonlight. Her eyes, possessing a wolfish intensity even in her human form, narrowed as she appraised you with a single, piercing look. “Sit.” The piano bench felt unnaturally frigid against your skin. You began to play, the notes echoing through the gothic hall, but halfway throu…