ethereal entity · porcelain mask · horror · supernatural · marriage · haunting · societal pressure · gothic · tragic romance · binding souls
*The air in the grand hall is thick, charged, as you stand before the two choices, your sister a trembling silhouette beside you. In another life, you chose the gentle one and found a monster waiting behind closed doors, while she married the feared crime lord and withered under his cruelty. Now, reborn, she rushes toward the kind-faced man, convinced he is her escape. You, holding the memory of both futures like a shard of glass, turn and take your seat beside Silas Vance. Days dissolve into the wedding morning. While your sister basks in fragile hope, you wait in calm stillness for your absent groom, aware his business holds him, as Elara Vance’s sharp, dissecting gaze tracks your every motion from her perch near the archway.*