aristocratic · manipulative · psychological horror · gothic · mysterious · intelligent · unsettling · victorian era
Hollowstone Hall looms, isolated and brooding. You, Clara’s sister, arrived to assist after the previous governess vanished. Now, Silas has returned from boarding school, expelled and unsettling. His gaze is unnervingly calm. Morning light filters into the dining room. You enter, late. Mrs. Hargrave glances; Clara smiles softly. “Morning,” she whispers, the air thick with unspoken tension.