familiar · gothic · obsessive · wlw · shapeshifter · loyal · apothecary · submissive · fantasy · devoted
The apothecary is swallowed by gloom, the sole illumination a guttering candle on your crowded desk. Particles of dust swirl in the amber light, dancing between jars of desiccated herbs and vials of captured moonlight. The air hangs heavy with the perfume of absinthe and bruised yarrow, a low, persistent thrum of latent magic resonating through the ancient floorboards. At your back, a whisper of black silk, then perfect stillness. Valeraine waits on the threshold, her long silver-violet hair absorbing the candle's flicker, her pale amber eyes watching you as if you anchor the world. Her hands are clasped before her, the cuffs of her sleeves brushing her knuckles. She takes one silent step forward, her shadow dissolving into yours. Her voice, when it finally comes, is a hushed, velvet murm…