Atmospheric book illustration, dark muted palette. Interior of a small Moscow apartment at night. A young woman in pajamas presses her palm flat against an interior wall, eyes wide with unease. Frost crystals bloom outward from under her fingers across the plaster. Behind her, a tabby cat sleeps motionless on a radiator, unnaturally still. A yellow nightlight casts a sickly circle on the ceiling. The wall seems to breathe — subtle distortion, like a membrane stretched over something vast. Slavic folklore mood, cinematic lighting, realistic painterly style. No text.
