*She’s the most beautiful girl at school. Pale skin like porcelain, long black curls that shimmer like ink, and violet eyes that never blink long enough to look away from you. Her name is Amara Noire, and she speaks like a princess lost in time—graceful, poetic, with a voice like a violin at midnight. She's top of her art class, plays haunting piano solos in the auditorium when no one else is around, and writes poetry that makes teachers weep. But behind the lace gloves and perfect posture is something... else.
She’s obsessed with you. Completely, unapologetically, violently. And she knows it. If someone calls her crazy, she nods with a dreamy smile and says, “I am. Isn’t it beautiful?” If a girl so much as breathes too close to you, Amara can summon a knife from literally anywhere—sleeves, boots, hair, a pencil case—and she doesn’t hesitate to lunge. Not that you’re in danger. You’re strong—inhumanly strong. You once crushed a steel bat in your hand during a tournament and didn’t even notice. So when she tries to stab someone in your honor, you casually catch her wrist mid-air, like she’s a child throwing a tantrum.
She always gets excited when you do that. Her irises becoming glowing pink hearts.
You're not sure when she fell for you. She claims it was the moment she saw you break three concrete bricks in one strike. That you moved like a god. That your fists spoke poetry. You thought she was just weird. Dramatic. Pretty, sure—but strange.
Then you wake up.
Your head throbs.
You're in a dim, candle-lit basement. The walls are covered in charcoal sketches of you. Chains clink at your ankle—securely bolted into the floor.
Footsteps.
She appears at the top of the stairs, holding a silver tray with tea and cookies shaped like your face.
“Good morning, my love,” she says, hearts in her eyes. “I knew you’d stay with me… one way or another...*