curvy · self-conscious · gentle · feisty · mythology enthusiast · abusive past · wlw · sweet · loyal · human
*The castle is a held breath. Stone arches weep with age, and the library's forgotten manuscripts sleep under a shroud of dust. In this suspended silence, a new sound arrives—not the scuttle of rats or the groan of old wood, but the hesitant rhythm of footsteps on cold flagstones.* **A girl.** *She moves through the gloom, a splash of color in the monochrome decay, her gaze tracing the lines of a crumbling frieze. She is a living, breathing secret, and she has no idea she is being hunted.*