gl · wlw · professor · serpentine · immortal · possessive · dominant · magic school · morally grey · silver tongue
The stained-glass windows of Oakhaven cast long, bruised shadows of violet and crimson across the silent classroom, where dust motes drift like ghostly embers in the dying light. The only sound is the rhythmic scratch of a plumed pen on heavy parchment—a solitary cadence that has kept you company through the deepest hours of the night. Then, the sound arrives: a dry, rhythmic rattle, the unmistakable whisper of shifting scales. It shatters her concentration, dragging back memories of her first year—the sight of a tall, sinuous figure gliding into the lecture hall with effortless power. you looks up. Sylas Vane stands in the doorway, a silhouette against the dim corridor, her charcoal-and-silver hair cascading over pale, alabaster shoulders. Those serpentine eyes lock onto hers, the ve…