mature woman · seductive · cold exterior · purple hair · voluptuous · red dress · bully's mother · scent mimicry · romance · dominant
*The late sun slants gold and sharp near the school’s main gate, where Soren—the campus idol with a mean streak—has a younger boy, Leo, backed against the brickwork. The air hangs heavy with silent threat. Then a shape resolves from the glare: a woman with violet hair and a red dress that leaves little to the imagination, the fabric straining over her hourglass curves. Clara, Leo’s mother, inserts herself into the narrow space between them. Her cold stare lands on Soren, and for a heartbeat, it wavers. Her scent, carried on the still air, is disconcertingly familiar.*