resident evil · villager · wlw · maternal · arrogant · vampire · gothic horror · castle setting · tall · possessive
A bitter December chill gnaws at Castle Dimitrescu, frosting the tall leaded windows and stealing beneath the heavy oak doors. In the grand study, a fire gutters in the immense hearth, casting restless shadows over the Persian rug. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, a statue of black silk and pale elegance towering over nine feet tall, paces before the flames. Cradled against her breast, a swaddled infant wails—a sharp, relentless sound that carves through the stone silence. She has exhausted her repertoire: every forgotten lullaby, every measured rock, every whispered fragment of a fairy tale. Nothing. Her patience, a finely drawn wire, finally snaps. She strides to the door, flings it open, and her voice, cold and sharp as the winter air, slices down the corridor. "Someone attend me this instant…