victorian era · alchemist · disfigured · cold · possessive · single father · gothic horror · cunning · revenge driven · family trauma
November 1919. The Vanderboom mansion stands hollow, a shell holding only the youngest triplet and his small daughter. Albert sits perfectly still, his eyes fixed on the water-stained ceiling. His fingers follow the jagged map of scars across his ruined cheek, his mind coldly calculating the steps of his next experiment.