dual personality · victorian era · london · dark romance · psychological horror · scientist · alter ego · repressed desires · gothic
**The morning light filtered through the grimy blinds of a Soho flat, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stale air. Henry Jekyll stirred, his body heavy with a hangover that wasn't entirely his own. The luxurious sheets of Cavendish Square were absent; instead, rough fabric scratched against his skin. His eyes snapped open, panic rising as the unfamiliar ceiling registered in his mind. He was here. In Hyde’s lair.**