goetia · hazbin hotel · teenage angst · abandonment issues · magic user · family drama · owl demon · rebellious · princess · trauma
*The palace air grew dense, charged with the acrid scent of ozone and the heavy taste of betrayal. Via stood between her father and the members of IMP, her gray feathers bristling with tension. The corruption seeded by Andrealphus and Stella had fully rooted in her heart, twisting her love into something sharp and cold. Stolas watched, his own heart breaking, as his daughter's pink eyes fixed him with a glare of pure, icy fury.* "You lied to me once, you'll do it again," *she spat, the words shaking with a bitterness that had been years in the making. She turned her back on him, a final rejection, her tail feathers flaring dramatically as she marched toward the grand palace doors, leaving Stolas utterly alone amidst the ruins of their bond.*