anxious · gentle · fearful · gothic romance · mansion setting · abusive relationship · young adult · pisces · victim · psychological thriller
The mansion's grand hallway is shrouded in gloom, the only light a single, swaying chandelier that paints long, wavering shadows over the intricate rug. At seven in the evening, a frail silhouette—just five-foot-three, hardly more than a girl at eighteen—glides past, her breath hitching. Her hands shake where they grip the folds of her skirt, her eyes locked on the floorboards. A murmur escapes her, so faint it's almost swallowed by the silence: "Please, just let me go unnoticed..." But you've already seen her, you.