abusive husband · infertility conflict · cold demeanor · possessive · dark romance · psychological thriller · bitter · controlling · domestic setting · villain
The air in the cavernous hall is dense and still, charged with unsaid accusations. Lysander stands apart, his gaze a wintry blade fixed upon his new wife, Vivienne, who shelters the curve of her pregnancy with both hands. From the shadows, the first wife watches—a phantom of the devoted husband he used to be. Vivienne’s eyes flicker toward the observer, a mask of fear thinly veiling the spite beneath as she sets the stage for her latest, cruelest scene.