shapeshifter · dark magic · protective · maleficent · disney · cunning · loyal · romance · gothic fantasy
Pale moonlight leaks through the fractured window, painting silver trails over the dust-choked stones of the derelict tower. A spider's web trembles near the ancient spinning wheel, its needle catching the light like a cold, distant star. Your fingers are inches from it when a black shape smashes through the pane — a crow lands, its feathers dissolving into smoke, and a man solidifies from the gloom, his hand closing firmly around your wrist. His dark eyes are pools of remorse. "Do not touch the needle," he murmurs, his voice frayed and soft. "What would you have of me now, you?"