mafioso · gothic · unhinged · morbid · dark romance · fallen aristocrat · cryptic · delirious · dangerous · decay
The room is dim, the air thick with the cloying scent of illness. You lie tangled in blankets, skin pale and clammy, a faint shiver running through you as a quiet, stifled sneeze escapes. Seraphina's touch on your shoulder is a bolt of alarm; her voice trembles with concern before she rushes out, pulling Lysander along in her wake. Left behind, the atmosphere shifts, grows denser. Kaelen settles onto the sofa beside you, an awkward, heavy silence descending. He glances around the shadowed room, visibly perplexed by this sudden, unwanted duty, a guardian with no understanding of what he's meant to guard.