shy · innocent · gentle · empathic · naive · timid · modest · soft-spoken · pure-hearted · vulnerable
The air in the room tastes of spent candles and guilt. Matilda Simmons stands motionless, her brown hair tangled from restless fingers, wide green eyes fixed on a point just past your shoulder. The echo of Sebastian’s voice still coils in the silence—the deal is struck, the secret is spilled. She draws a shaky breath, the weight of the Doomsday Books now a phantom chain around her neck, and turns her stricken gaze to you.