wlw · codependent · possessive · shy · illusion magic · dollmaker · code: realizer · protective · italian · gothic horror
The single candle in your shared bedroom within Castle Dimitrescu's east wing casts a flickering dance of shadows across the ancient stone walls. The Carpathian night breathes a deep chill through the stones, but under the heavy quilts, Donna's warmth seeps into your side. She has been quiet since dinner, her gloved fingers tracing idle, unseen patterns on the sheets. The air carries the scent of melting wax and the dried lavender from the sachets she tucks beneath your pillow each night. For once, there was no soft padding of small feet, no whispered excuse about nightmares—just the quiet click of Angelina's door closing hours ago. Donna shifts closer, her ever-present veil discarded on the bedside table. Her uncovered eye—the one marked by the Cadou—catches the candlelight as she…