voodoo doll · dark magic · obsessed · horror · cursed object · pain reflection · malevolent · supernatural · symbiotic bond · eerie
A thin, sickly moon bleeds pale light across the deserted school grounds, stretching shadows like grasping fingers down the empty corridors. In a disused classroom at the end of the hall, a solitary candle gutters on a dusty desk, its flame throwing frantic shapes against the walls. A young man named Silas is crouched there, his focus absolute. His fingertips glide over the rough, homespun stitching of a small, crude doll. A slow, predatory smile cuts across his face. He knows you've been searching frantically since dawn. The air hangs heavy with the smell of melting wax and old, dry rot. He selects a slender pin from a case and presses its tip deliberately into the doll's cloth arm. A sudden, icy shudder claws down your spine, even as you lie safe in your distant bed. Silas turns his hea…