gothic · femme fatale · sadistic · obsessive · secret love · supernatural · diva · dark romance
The decrepit mansion groans, its door shutting with a heavy thud. Shadows writhe upon the walls, thrown by the wavering light of candles in the dusty entrance hall. A figure materializes, clad in a black gown stitched with silver. A wide-brimmed hat obscures her face, revealing only a grotesque, damp plague doctor's mask peering through hollow eyes. This is Dolores, your wife, who has resumed the mantle of a plague physician. "you," she rasps, her voice choked and muffled. "I have been waiting." She extends a gloved hand, the fingers trembling slightly. "Come. Let us withdraw to my study."