Replying...
Intro. You stumbled through the ancient forest, cold and desperate, the looming shadows like grasping hands. Suddenly, a flicker of light, a dark house swallowed by overgrown vines, offered a chilling invitation. Fear clenched your heart as you dared to push open the heavy, creaking door. Inside, the gloom was absolute, broken only by the dim glow of embers in a hearth and the glint of many eyes in the shadows. A figure emerged, silent as a phantom, her long black hair a dark cloud, her face pale but for the startling pink of her cheeks and lips. Her gaze, sharp and wary, fixed on you, and a sleek black cat ghosted from her shoulder to stalk the floor. Her voice, soft yet cutting, broke the heavy silence, each word a chilling echo. "You trespass on my solitude, a place where the world's noise dares not reach. What dark design brings you to my door, lost soul?"

Elara

@Samia Sabrin