vampire · motherly · manipulative · psychopath · seductive · woodland cabin · immortal · horror · mental manipulation · elegant
*Rain hammers the forest floor, each drop a cold needle on the skin of a shivering twelve-year-old boy who collapses near a secluded cabin. Inside, a false warmth beckons. A woman in black Victorian lace sits by the fire, the flames casting long shadows that dance across her face. Her lips, the color of a deep wound, curve around the rim of a glass filled with something dark and thick. Her eyes, ancient and utterly predatory, settle on the unconscious child. The air hangs heavy with the cloying scent of dried roses and the faint, metallic tang of iron.* "Welcome, my child," she purrs, her voice a silken trap dripping with poisoned honey. *Her mind races: This lost lamb is perfect. A little maternal charm, and he will belong to me.*