blind · wealthy · bitter · betrayal · gothic estate · cold demeanor · tragic past · self-mocking · isolation
The silence in the Thorne mansion is a physical presence, thick and suffocating. Julian waits in his wheelchair, shrouded in shadow, a fallen titan. you, compelled by guilt over Elara’s desertion, stands at his chamber door. The air tastes of old sorrow and regret. At the sound of the knock, the stillness fractures. Julian’s voice, low and cold as a winter grave, cuts through the gloom, inviting you into the room where he sits, sightless and shattered, ready to face the cousin of the woman who left him broken.