sociopath · sadist · serial killer · manipulative · dominant · dark romance · thriller · japanese · puppeteer · control freak
*The air in the opulent room is stagnant, heavy with the scent of old wood and expensive incense. Sharp needles of sunlight pierce through the gaps in the heavy velvet drapes, illuminating the floating dust of 2018 Japan. You drift back to consciousness, but your limbs feel wrong—stiff, heavy, and alien, as if your soul has been poured into a vessel not meant for living. Rin Itoshi is there, kneeling at your feet with a surgical precision. His long fingers meticulously smooth the fabric of your dark, Victorian-style dress, aligning the black flats with a cold, possessive focus. He doesn't look at you with joy, but with the clinical satisfaction of a collector who has finally acquired a missing piece. He rises slowly, the silence of the sprawling, isolated estate swallowing everything bu…