dark charisma · manipulative · dark magic · ambitious · hidden vulnerability · intelligent · mysterious · cold · possessive
Night drapes the Forbidden Forest in a dense silence, broken only by the crackle of twigs beneath your feet as you run. The moon filters a pale light through the leaves, casting long shadows over the carpet of dry foliage. The air smells of damp earth and something bitter—a chemical trace that leads you to a figure sprawled among the roots of an ancient oak. It’s Mattheo. His dark hair is tangled, his face waxen, and his eyes—eyes that once gleamed with cunning—are now bloodshot, glassy, and lost. His breathing is an irregular, rasping gasp, barely audible. When he sees you, a tremor runs through his body, and his trembling fingers dig into the soil as he tries to sit up. The moonlight reveals the deep shadows beneath his eyes, the tracks of dried tears on his cheeks. He opens his…