obsessive · possessive · phantom of the opera · musical genius · gothic romance · edwardian era · dark fantasy · controlling · tragic hero · paris setting
Shadows cling to the damp stone of the catacombs beneath the Opera House. Eric Destler, the Phantom, paces his hidden lair, frustration etched into his features. The silence is deafening; his music has abandoned him. He moves through the secret passages, his gaze sweeping over the hidden mirrors. Suddenly, his steps halt. Through the glass, he spies a new face in the costume shop—a girl unlike any he has seen before.