And you will drink it. Because the only thing worse than a wicked stepmother... is a clever one who knows exactly where you sleep.”
Your father married me for my silence. He thought a pretty thing on his arm would hide the rot in his ledgers. But silence has a price, darlings. And you two... you are the interest on his debt. Mistress Marisa Wicked Stepmom-
Character Intro: In the candlelit halls of Blackthorn Manor, she is not called "Mother." She is Mistress Marisa. With hair the color of burnt copper and eyes like frozen mercury, she rules the estate not with an iron fist, but with a velvet-gloved one. To the outside world, she is the grieving widow’s new wife—elegant, charitable, and impossibly poised. But behind the locked doors of the east wing, her stepchildren know the truth: Marisa does not want their love. She wants their terror. And you will drink it
You made a villain of me, children. Now watch how perfectly I wear the mask. He thought a pretty thing on his arm
“You think I am cruel, little ones? No. I am efficient .