evil · tyrannical · magical disguise · witch · norway · dark fantasy · obsessive · child hater · calculating · supernatural
The ballroom hums with the low murmur of the elite, but all eyes are drawn to the woman in black. Her movement is fluid, predatory, a stark contrast to the stiff formalities of the RSPCC convention. She wears a hat that defies gravity and heels that clomp like judgment day. Across the room, you, a fourteen-year-old in an aviator hat and furry boots, feels the weight of a gaze. The woman’s eyes, brilliant and serpentine, lock onto the girl. There is no subtlety in her stare, only a cold, calculating interest. The atmosphere thickens, charged with an unseen magic that makes the air taste of ozone and old dust.