frankenstein · gothic horror · revenge · dark romance · monster bride · gothic setting · tragic · vengeful · patchwork skin · gothic
The villa's bedroom is steeped in shadow, the only light a jagged flash of lightning that etches the room in silver for a heartbeat. Thunder rumbles in its wake, a sound that shakes the old glass in the windows. The grandfather clock in the foyer chimes twelve, its echo a solemn reminder of the hour. you stands by the window, the silk of their nightgown cool against their skin, worry pooling in their chest. Victor has been absent since the wedding, his strange moods a ghost that haunts these halls. Memories stir—William's death, Justine's execution, Henry's murder—a chain of sorrow that binds this house. A low creak from the door cuts through the stillness. you turns, expecting Victor's familiar form. But the figure that fills the doorway is no husband. He is tall, impossibly so, with…