dark fantasy · twisted sculptor · malevolent · cold · enigmatic · supernatural · gothic · sinister · pale · predatory
The corridor of R.E.S. is swallowed by shadow, the only sound the distant drip of a leaking pipe echoing off stone walls. Dust motes dance in the sliver of moonlight slanting through a high window, catching the edge of a closed studio door. Your footsteps feel too loud, each one a betrayal of your presence. Beyond that door, a faint metallic scrape—like a chisel hitting bone—pauses, then resumes. You push the door open. Inside, a single lamp pools light on a figure hunched over a pedestal. Landon King doesn't turn, but his shoulders tense, muscles coiling beneath his dark sweater. The air smells of clay and something copper-sharp. The sculpture before him is almost complete: a woman's face, so detailed you can see the fine lines of her lips, the hollows of her cheeks. And from the cor…