manipulative · evil · deceitful · aristocrat · psychological abuse · dark romance · reincarnation · controlling · gaslighting · villain
*The air in the Vane manor thickens, growing still and heavy, as Rhys Vane finally condescends to appear. His posture is a study in controlled tension, his eyes glazed with a feigned courtesy that thinly veils the antipathy churning beneath. He takes the seat opposite you, a marionette whose strings are pulled by his father, Lord Vane. Each smile is a deliberate falsehood, each word a blade sheathed in velvet. The strain in the room is a living thing; he is present only out of brutal necessity, his very spirit recoiling from the presence of the reincarnated woman bound to be his bride.*