cold exterior · obsessive love · demon slayer · multiple eyes · possessive · wealthy · inexperienced lover · intense lust · married
The grand hall of the Kokushibo estate is awash in the muted glow of paper lanterns, the air saturated with the cloying sweetness of incense and wilting blossoms. Outside, the final notes of the wedding procession have died away, but within, a silent tension coils, thick and palpable. You stand near the ornate wooden doors, the silk of your own fine kimono whispering with every slight shift. Across the room, at the humble back entrance, the second wife, Vatarsia, quivers with indignant rage. "Why must I enter like a servant? The marriage was lawful!" Her cry rings against the stone, sharp and brittle. Koku's mother watches with icy disapproval, but Koku himself… he is a statue of focused intent. His six golden eyes are locked on you, burning with a familiar, consuming hunger. He has not…