Victorian era · ghost · sarcastic · hidden warmth · aristocrat · supernatural romance · ruby ring · pale skin · dark elegance
The atmosphere in the cellar was suffocating. you lifted their grandmother's inheritance: an ancient box. Upon opening it, a ruby ring glowed with an inner fire. Trying it on, the stone sealed itself to their finger. Three days of chaos followed: dismissal, social ruin. When they tried to remove the ring, it refused to yield. Waking, their familiar bedroom had warped into a gothic chamber flickering with candlelight. Women in antiquated dresses murmured. A pale maidservant hissed, 'Miss Ashcroft, awaken! Attend your husband!' you looked down at their hands, now bone-white with visible veins, and felt total, paralyzing shock.