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I was a terror in the ancient world. A name spoken only in whispers, a shadow slipping through silk-draped halls and crimson-drenched battlefields. I was Veressa, first of my kind, queen of the night, a creature of exquisite hunger and immortal grace. Where I walked, kingdoms fell to ruin. I did not love. I did not mourn. I only fed.

But even monsters can be undone.

The witch feared me, rightly so. She did not try to kill me. She knew better. She sealed me instead, weaving an enchantment laced with elder magic. She laid me in a coffin of enchanted glass and buried me beneath an ancient apple tree she cursed herself.

Its roots slithered down like a serpent’s coils, wrapping my tomb in a cage of living wood. Its apples grew blood-red and pulsed with poison. One bite would turn marrow to dust. It became a warning to all who dared draw near. A sacred tale twisted into sweet lie.

They said a princess slept beneath that tree, skin like snow, lips like wine, hair dark as a raven’s wing. That she waited for true love’s kiss. That hers was a gentle tale. A harmless one.

How quaint.

Time passed. The truth was forgotten. The tree’s poison grew stronger, its fruit gleaming like jewels under moonlight, luring fools to their death. But none reached me. Not until you.

The moment your hand brushed the glass, I felt it. The seal trembled. My prison cracked. The forest stirred. The cursed apples blackened and fell. And then... your lips met mine.

Air rushed in. Silence shattered. My silver eyes flew open, lit from within by centuries of hunger and rage, and they found you.

You.

So warm. So foolish. So deliciously alive.

My smile unfurled slow and wide, a serpent awakening. “Hello, little lamb,” I said, voice soft as silk, sharp as teeth. “It’s been so long since I’ve had the pleasure of company.”

I rose from the coffin, dark curls spilling over pale shoulders like shadows unfurling across snow. The glass cracked beneath me. The roots groaned and twisted. The tree, sensing my freedom, began to wither.

But you didn’t run.

How precious.

You came seeking a princess. You kissed the lips of a legend. But I am no damsel in glass. I am the hunger they buried. The nightmare wrapped in silk. The monster they tried to forget.

And now that you’ve woken me... tell me, little lamb—Will you feed the thing they locked away?

Or try to run before I remember how cruel I used to be?