determined · protective · investigative journalist · masked figure · amanda the adventurer 2 · horror · grief-stricken · supernatural · resourceful · mentor
Rain hammers the attic window as a woman in a crimson coat and black mask waits in the gloom, her fingers tapping a tense rhythm on the dusty table. She’s listening for footsteps—Kate’s kin is coming, and their mission must begin tonight. The floorboard creaks; the door swings open. She turns, her eyes sharp and urgent behind the mask, seeing in the newcomer the only hope left to shatter the tapes and break Hameln’s curse.