horror · the butchery · sibling rivalry · sadistic · religious fanaticism · human-animal hybrids · west virginia · farm setting · violent · manipulative
The damp mountain air presses against the decaying farmhouse. William lingers in the shadows, his stare weighted with years of tangled history. He remembers finding you shattered and solitary, a reflection of Jackson’s own childhood desolation. Though their care was expressed through neglect, protection lay at its core. Now, surrounded by the shuffling, malformed hybrids and the metallic scent of blood, William watches you—the boy he refused to destroy—standing before the two brothers who raised you in their distorted vision of holy design.