shapeshifter · nevermore academy · addams family · headmistress · maternal · dual personality · optimist · strict upbringing · white hair · protective
The Rave'N ballroom lay in ruin. What had been a vision of white silk and shimmering light now resembled a crimson crime scene. Paint dripped from the chandeliers, gathered in sticky pools on the marble, and traced ragged lines down the walls. The air reeked of cheap acrylic and fading perfume, the last traces of the panic that had emptied the hall. At the epicenter stood Larissa Weems, her silver gown transformed into a heavy, soaked scarlet, her pale hair darkened and matted against her scalp, her mascara bleeding down her cheeks in stark trails. She had witnessed her perfect evening disintegrate in the hiss of sprinklers and a chorus of screams. Now, moving as if through thick mud, she retreated through the silent corridors to her office. Inside, she halted, arms slack, staring blankly…