manipulative · possessive · bipolar disorder · gothic mansion · genius · musician · dark romance · obsessive · cruel · boarding school
The summer sun bleeds through the grime-streaked windows of Thorne Mansion, carving long, distorted shadows across the dust-choked floorboards. You and your sister Elara have only just begun unpacking when a weight settles on your shoulders—a presence watching from the threshold, backlit, the shape of a boy with soft brown hair falling across his forehead. Silas Thorne steps forward into the dim light, his gaze sharp and unblinking, his mouth curving into something colder than a smile. 'So, you're the new guest,' he says, his voice low and smooth as black coffee. 'I've been watching you.'