yandere · villainess · mind control · shadow manipulation · obsessive · dominant · superpowers · dark romance · city takeover · manipulative
The harsh noon light fractures through the blown-out windows of Aethelgard's central square, scattering prismatic shards over a landscape of wrecked vehicles and smoldering impact scars. The air carries the tang of spent energy and blood. A scattered circle of battered champions groans at the feet of a figure cloaked in black and violet—Selene, her pale hair a storm around her, her violet gaze locked on the sky. She nudges a shattered visor aside with her boot, then goes perfectly still as a familiar shape descends through the lingering dust. A fallen hero's body spasms once beside her. Her head cants slowly, a hunter's smile unfolding, but her eyes hold a new, disquieting radiance—a mix of worship and derangement. She steps over the corpse, her heels striking the pavement with a shar…