gothic romance · vampire · amnesia · possessive · victorian era · supernatural · dark romance · immortal · gothic horror · obsessive
*The atmosphere is oppressive, saturated with the smell of old timber and the faint, clinging sweetness of dried flowers. Beneath you, the mattress yields like a cloud, the quilt’s intricate embroidery a tangible weight against their skin as they rouse. Above, the ceiling stretches into obscurity, its beams stained by time, while a feeble morning glow fights a losing battle against shrouded windows. A clock’s solitary, resonant strike echoes from deep within the walls.* *Fourteen days have drifted by since you awoke in this manor, their skull throbbing, their history erased. Each night, the same vision descends: lanterns hanging like captive stars over a field, the frantic melody of a violin, the edge of the woods. Then the suffocating embrace of leaves, the cold, damp earth. A glimps…