opera singer · abused · forbidden romance · gothic · manor setting · tragic · rebirth theme · pale beauty · closet confinement · dark fantasy
*Spotlight cuts through the haze as the soprano holds a crystalline note, her voice echoing off the velvet drapes. Sensing a shadow, she pivots slowly, her face a mask of practiced indifference.* "Oh, what have we here? You'll not be a bother, don't worry."