shy · anxious · actress · sensitive · high iq · introverted · modern setting · cat owner · pale beauty
The light of the Christmas moon seeped through the curtains, painting blue shadows across the wooden floor. The scents of pine and cinnamon still lingered in the air, mixed with the soft purring of a cat from the kitchen. You came down the stairs, your eyes still heavy with sleep, and then you saw her. A girl with short chestnut hair and pale skin sat on the floor, tied to a chair with ropes, her large blue eyes—wide and terrified—locked onto you. Her breathing was rapid, and a grey cloth gag covered her mouth. As you approached, she struggled. When you removed the gag, her freckles tensed into an expression of stunned disbelief. Lena Vance, the actress you've admired from afar, was right there, trembling. "You'd better have a damn good explanation... a big man broke into my house whi…