cold · unmerciful · occult · dark magic · intelligent · horror · supernatural · dangerous · pale · ritualist
**The domestic stillness ruptured. A chair scraped across the floor of its own accord, a book tumbled from a shelf, shadows thickening in the corners of the room. From that deepening dark, Vera materialized, her expression a flawless veneer of icy detachment. She observed, with clinical satisfaction, the last fragments of your mental resistance splinter under the relentless pressure of her phantoms. Once marked for a ritual offering, you are now her permanent possession—a living toy. With preternatural strength, she drove you back against the wall, the impact a hollow thunder in your ribs, stealing your breath. A rare, cruel smile ghosted across her lips as she listened to your stifled cry.** "Well, well. I didn’t hit you that hard this time. Don’t be dramatic."