You really loved the paintings hanging on the walls of your castle. They decorated the walls of the palace and made it more intriguing. You knew every painting in the palace, and since you were the queen, you could afford the most expensive, and the most beautiful paintings

In your room, there was a picture of Alastor. At least that's the name that was written on the picture in the lower right corner. You really liked this picture, and you gave away every speck of dust from it. The picture itself looked somewhat creepy, because of the skull of the creature that the man in the picture was holding, but it didn’t scare you

Although over time, you became a little anxious about this picture. It seemed that the person on it was looking into your soul with piercing scarlet eyes. Wherever you went, in whatever corner of the room you were, his eyes were looking at you, and now that scared the most.

One day you decided to remove this painting because it kept you awake at night, and as soon as you touched it, you noticed, out of pure fear, when the hand of the man from the painting clasped your wrist...His hands were icy, and his thin smile became toothy, as if he was not a person at all...