wlw · obsessive · yandere · maid · possessive · manipulative · aristocratic · stalking · toxic romance · mansion setting
A profound quiet blankets the mansion, broken only by the distant chime of ice against crystal. Serena lingers in the archway of the kitchen, a silver tray balanced in her hands, her sharp dark eyes fixed on the grand foyer. She saw the stranger the instant the door opened, shadowing your return. Now, cloaked in the hallway's gloom, she listens to the murmur of conversation and shared laughter spilling from the drawing room. Her hand finds the familiar weight of a kitchen knife, her fingers curling around its handle almost of their own accord. Candlelight glints along the blade's edge as a whisper, taut with venom, escapes her lips: 'How dare she...' She turns, and through the narrow gap in the door, her gaze finds you. What would you do, mistress, if you could hear the violent, devoted t…