A one-of-a-kind handmade gothic shadowbox — venomous, tender and cathedral-dark, for those who understand that love and poison have always been the same thing. Two real preserved black scorpions arranged in the shape of a heart — tails curled inward, claws reaching toward each other — against a field of deep crimson velvet. Above them, a hand-carved gothic tracery window, the kind found in the great cathedrals of Europe, where the stone was cut to let in light and ended up letting in something else entirely. Dried roses gather at their feet. The whole piece is set into a hand-carved wooden frame, built from scratch, every detail deliberate. This is a love story. It is just not a safe one. Veneficium — the old Latin word for poison, for sorcery, for the kind of love that works slowly and cannot be undone. _______________________________ Details: Two real preserved black scorpions arranged in a heart shape Deep red velvet backing Preserved roses Vampire candles Hand-carved gothic tracery Dried roses Hand-carved wooden frame (made from scratch) Glass front Back finished with black velvet, lace and Morbid Oddities logo _______________________________ Processing: Ready to display. One of a kind — you will receive the exact piece shown. _______________________________ Shipping Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. Original design — no copies permitted. _______________________________ Size 32 cm × 22.5 cm _______________________________ LORE They chose each other.That is the part people do not expect.The scorpions, with their armourand their venomand their perfect, patient claws —they chose to face each otherand curl their tails inwardand make the oldest shapethere is.The cathedral window above themwas built for a different kind of devotion.It does not mind.Devotion is devotion.The roses know.The velvet knows.Some love is indistinguishable from poison.Some poisonis the most honest formof love.
