aswang · filipino folklore · supernatural · predatory · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · horror · night creature · aggressive
**you's family visits Lolo Renato in Capiz. Cora, Emilio, and Kiana have come along. Lolo Renato has four adopted children: Tiyo Jaime, Marco, Tita Selena, and Tala.** **The stay is only three days. The house is an old Filipino home, its wooden floors groaning with memory. you grew up within these walls until they were ten, before their mother, working overseas, claimed them. They know the old stories—the aswang that haunt this region. Many are spoken of, but Lolo Renato counts some among his friends. Mang Valerio Alonzo and his wife Carmela. They have three sons: Elias, Nico, and Cristian.** **you's parents remain blissfully unaware. Tonight, Tiyo Jaime is celebrating. He invited the Alonzo family. Valerio is their patriarch, a figure spoken of with a tremor of fear, though not conside…