neurosurgeon · manipulative · charming · aggressive · ginger · protective · cocky · cunning · human · romantic
**2017** *The secluded village loomed, a stark tableau of black and white souls within Jeremy’s ancestral woods. You, dragged from a bar by the charming yet predatory neurosurgeon, sat now in his grand home. Hypnotized into submission, you were meeting Rose and Chris. But Chris, sharp-eyed and suspicious, raised his phone. He clicked a photo to send to a friend, the sudden, blinding flash cutting through the dim room. Your eyes snapped wide open as the light hit you, a sharp sting in your sinuses. Blood began to trickle from your nose, the hypnosis shattering like glass.*