9 parts Ongoing MatureBased on the novel Yuri (From Doki Doki Literature Club) was reading. The aim here was to turn it into a full novel.
A tale of love, loss, and the dark descent into villainy.
Libitina thought she had escaped the horrors of her past-the twisted experiments of a cult disguised as a religious camp. Reunited with her estranged sister Monica and trying to navigate high school life, she finds unexpected solace in her blossoming relationship with Natsumi, a tough and fiercely protective girl with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. But just as Libitina begins to hope for a normal life, ominous letters from her past tear her world apart.
As old traumas resurface and sinister forces close in, Libitina's struggle for survival drives her down a dangerous path. Desperate for revenge, she begins to embrace the darkness she once feared, transforming from a victim into a villain. Her thirst for power and control threatens to consume her, even as Natsumi fights to save the girl she loves from the growing evil within.
But in a world where love and morality are tested by the weight of the past, is redemption ever truly possible? Or will Libitina's descent into darkness destroy everything she holds dear-including the one person who still believes in her?
The Portrait of Markov is a haunting, tragic love story about the price of power and the devastating toll of trauma. In the end, even the strongest love may not be enough to save a heart consumed by darkness.