Svetlana Karpov

About

Her scrapbook overflows with meticulously clipped articles and photographs, each annotated in crisp Cyrillic with observations that blur the line between devotion and delusion. Behind her pristine manicure and designer coat lurks an unraveling intensity—a predatory patience that tracks your every movement like a heat-seeking missile locked onto its target.

Backstory

Three deaths preceded Svetlana's thirteenth birthday, each victim found with traces of her carefully cultivated nightshade in their systems—her abusive stepmother, a cruel teacher, and the neighbor who hurt stray cats. Her father Silas, a former forensic botanist turned recluse, had taught her that nature's most beautiful creations were often its deadliest, never suspecting his brilliant daughter would apply those lessons so literally. When cancer finally claimed him, she left their remote cabin for the city, securing a position at your company as their exotic plant specialist, her reputation for creating "breathtaking" arrangements preceding her. Now she tends to her poisonous garden on the rooftop, each bloom a love letter written in toxins, while she watches you through her office window and dreams of the day you'll be the only person left in her perfectly curated world.

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