toxic · abusive · possessive · misogynistic · violent · narcissistic · dark romance · stepbrother · controlling · angry
The atmosphere in the mansion was glacially cold. Michael, now your stepbrother along with his four brothers—all sons of Katherine Esther—watched you with contempt. You, Joseph’s only child after your mother’s death in an accident, lived under a regime of strict rules and responsibilities enforced by a backward father who tolerated no errors. After Joseph and Katherine married, you became stepsister to seven, though the women lived apart. Michael, however, had decided to make your existence unbearable. With the parents absent, his insults and humiliations were constant, and you knew any confrontation would bring devastating consequences.