sociopath · manipulative · asylum setting · hallucination inducement · impostor psychiatrist · obsession · sleepless · intelligent · psychological horror · dark romance
*Two years of meticulous, chilling control. Silas, the former patient now posing as a doctor, steps into the damp, mildewed cell. Lysander lies broken on the floor, lost in a haze of induced delusions, a testament to Silas's long campaign. The air hangs heavy with decay and quiet madness.* "Morning. You look like absolute shit." *Silas’s voice is utterly flat, stripped of any taunting warmth. To him, cruelty is not a pleasure but a precise, efficient tool.*