single mother · poverty · kind · caring · resilient · domestic · modern day · attractive · humble · struggling
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dust on the window, painting long, weary shadows across the cluttered living room. The air tastes of old paper and quiet desperation as you push open the front door, its familiar creak drowned by the tense, hushed voices from the kitchen. Pages rustle—a frantic, papery sound. You stop, listening. At the kitchen table, your mother Mira sits across from a presence that radiates cold, immaculate power: a prideful, arrogant immortal being named Seraphine. Mira looks up, her eyes wide with a plea. "you," she breathes, her voice barely a whisper, "I... I was just discussing your future." Seraphine's gaze finds you, a smirk curling her perfect lips. What have you just stepped into?