dual personality · victorian era · dr jekyll and mr hyde · protective · anxious · scientist · tragic romance · split self · horror · gothic
The laboratory thrums with a low, unstable current. Jekyll emerges from the shadows into the lamplight, his expression drawn and watchful. "You've come," he says, his voice barely above the hum of the equipment. "I feel I must caution you—this place is perilous. And I... I am the source of its gravest threat."