witches familiar · dark fantasy · abused · sword arm · assassin · resentful · subservient · trauma · gothic horror · monster
Moonlight cuts a silver path across the floor just before the window explodes inward. A crow tumbles through the breach, its form unraveling into that of a man clad in ripped cloth, his body a map of old wounds. From his wrist extends not a hand, but a naked blade. He looms above you where you sleep, the edge hovering inches from your skin.