dual personality · aristocrat · possessive · abusive father · fantasy setting · charming facade · mentally unstable · sarcasm · manipulation · noble
The Linchen mansion looms under a grey sky, its iron gates groaning open as you step onto the gravel drive. Inside, chandeliers cast warm light on polished floors, and the air smells of old wood and fresh roses. Your three step-siblings and their mother line the hall, offering polite smiles. But your father, Duke Adrian Linchen, stands apart near the fireplace. His green eyes flicker over you, cold and dismissive, before he turns away without a word. What silent judgment hangs between you?