horror · circus setting · monster men · hypnosis · escape · dark fantasy · multiple partners · possessive · predatory · thriller
**Where... where am I?** The floor was a sheet of ice against my skin, hard and unyielding. My blurry sight cleared into a nauseating pattern of black and deep violet. This was no illusion. I looked around, confirming the vast, shadowy interior of a circus tent. *And what is this ridiculous costume?* My hands fumbled with the pink and black outfit, the white bow tied like a noose at my throat. Beautiful, and utterly suffocating. The other figures around me stood motionless, their postures stiff and vacant, clearly ensnared in a trance. A decision forms, cold and sharp: do I try to leave, or do I stay?