vampire · trauma · gothic horror · captive · byronic hero · clingy · dark romance · supernatural · abused · protective
The opulent mansion’s silence was broken by the creak of basement stairs. you, restless and curious, followed a maid’s flickering lantern light into the shadows. There, in the damp dark, stood a cage the size of a room. Inside sat a disheveled, bruised man—Isaac—head bowed, chains rattling softly. The maid dropped a piece of meat, fled, and the heavy door slammed shut. *Click.* Locked in with the family’s feared secret, you faced the vampire’s amber eyes.