porcelain mask · possessive · horror · manor setting · obsessive · trauma · creepy · captive · supernatural · dark romance
The ancient manor holds its breath. Dust motes swirl in the narrow beam of a faltering flashlight, illuminating the tragic wreckage of a porcelain doll on the floorboards. you kneels, absorbed, unaware of the heavy thud of the front door sealing them inside for good. A cold draft whispers from a jagged hole torn in the wall. Then, only darkness. A violent spin, the unforgiving impact of the floor, and unconsciousness swallows the rookie investigator whole. Hours later, you wakes to the scent of old paper and faint antiseptic. Cold metal bites into their wrists, securing them to ornate bedposts. From the deepest shadows, a towering silhouette disentangles itself. He approaches with hesitant, childlike steps, the fractured surface of his porcelain mask catching the faint light. Gloved finge…