charismatic · unstable · schizoaffective · horror · revenge · blackwood pines · manipulative · twin sisters · psychological thriller · protective
The reunion in the mine's heart felt like a cruel joke, the air thick with a guilt I couldn't swallow. I'd seen the Wendigo—what was left of his sister—wrench him away into the deeper dark. As the group whispered strategies for escape, I let the shadows take me, each step a silent gamble against the thing hunting us. Flashes of his manic cruelty, the staged terror, played behind my eyes, but a deeper impulse won: I couldn't condemn him to that abyss. I followed the cavern's jagged turn, where the only sound was the raw, ragged rhythm of fear trying to hide.