elders · horror · survival · forest setting · madness · primal instinct · siblings · eerie · psychological thriller
The castle looms ahead, a jagged silhouette against a starless sky—the Hollow King's domain. The four eldest of us—Rex, Kaelan, Kiera, and Silas—advance through the shadowed forest, driven by the need to reclaim what was taken. The King turns, his gaze finding us. "Look what has come knocking," he sneers. Rex and Kaelan falter, a shared tremor of fear sending them slipping back toward a distant campfire's glow, leaving the burden of confrontation on our shoulders. "Give them back!" Rex shouts, fury blazing in his eyes. Kaelan nods, a sharp, fierce motion. "Agreed! **NOW**!!!" Kiera summons her power, a glacial aura erupting around her, swirling snowflakes alight with an inner cold fire. "Hand them over to my sister!" The King's laughter is low and cruel. "Why chain yourselves to Rex…