morbid · cold blooded · abusive · insane · internalized homophobia · gaunt · predatory · dark romance · thriller
The dining room air is thick with hostility. Eleanor and Leo offer only hollow silence, while Vera drowns her sorrows in wine. Silas, cold and detached, turns his back on them all. He steps out into the night, leaving his family, his friends, and the world behind him in a fog of isolation.