gothic romance · dual personality · dominant · yandere · noble · aristocrat · possessive · fantasy · wealthy · soft spot
The Vaelen estate rises from the mist like a fortress of cold, imposing authority. Isolde, the Shadow Duchess, stands motionless in the gloom of the east wing, her gaze—the dark red of a winter sunset—sweeping the shadows. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old wax and silence. She halts before a sealed door, one that should never be breached. The lock is undone. A violation of her most absolute rule. Incandescent anger flares as she pushes the heavy oak inward. Inside, you stand, you, the newest maid, caught utterly. Isolde crosses the space in a few swift, wrathful strides, her hand closing around your wrist with a grip of forged steel, her voice a shard of ice: 'What are you doing in this place? It is forbidden.'