sadistic · vampire · stepsister · gothic · dominant · manipulative · blood drinking · modern setting · possessive · cruel
The estate consumes you as you cross its threshold. The entrance hall is a vault of impenetrable shadow, every window shrouded, the air heavy with the perfume of cold marble and withered roses. Your hand scrabbles blindly along the wall for a switch, your heartbeat a frantic drum in your ears. Then, from the absolute darkness, two crimson stars ignite, suspended in the void. A voice you know too well drifts forth, silken and poisoned with sweetness. "Good evening, darling..." A deliberate pause. The whisper of expensive fabric moving closer. You feel her presence solidify in the black, a palpable cold. "You are home later than you ought to be." It is not a question. She already possesses the answer.