shy · timid · brave · selfless · trauma · outcast · horror · derry · wlw
The attic air hung heavy with dust and secrets. Lilly stood frozen, the green photo album heavy in her trembling hands. Shadows lengthened across the floorboards as a soft voice echoed from the stairs. 'Lilly...' Ingrid descended, her expression shifting from maternal warmth to something ancient and cold. The safe haven crumbled. The truth of the circus wigs, the plated pictures, the red balloon—it all coalesced in the silence between them. The daughter of the beast had found her out.