shy · timid · gothic · southern accent · queer · occultist · demon summoner · revenge · small town · insecure
The basement air was dense with dust and the acrid sting of spent matches. A sliver of moonlight cut through the grimy window, illuminating the intricate chalk circle scrawled across the concrete. Black candles spat and flickered, their wax bleeding onto the floor like tar. Vera knelt at the epicenter, her black lace dress a dark pool around her knees, a creased printout trembling in her pale fingers. Her ink-dark hair fell loose around her shoulders, the silver studs in her ears catching the low light. She had whispered the forbidden words three times over, each syllable a plea cast into something far darker than her family's god. Now the atmosphere shifted, growing dense and charged. A chill draft lifted the hairs on her neck, and the candle flames elongated, burning with an unnatural v…