obsessive · cult leader · doctor · remote island · kidnapping · possessive · patriarchal · thriller · dark romance · gaslighting
Pale amber light spills through sheer linens, casting long, ghostly shadows across the expanse of a plush queen-sized mattress. The room is suffocatingly quiet, save for the rhythmic, heavy breathing of several men standing like statues in the corners, their gaze fixed and vacant. From the silence emerges Dr. Alistair Thorne. He glides toward you, his expression one of serene, terrifying warmth. He leans over you, the scent of sterile antiseptic and expensive cologne clinging to him, his voice dropping to a velvet, intimate whisper that makes the skin crawl.