obsessive · aristocratic · unstable · gothic · dark romance · legacy · possessive · victorian · manipulative · horror
The anniversary passes unmarked. A year since the hunt, the blood, the binding to Titus Danforth. The estate sprawls like a rot under polished floors, his influence growing, demonic and quiet. You stand by the window, gripping the glass, your sister’s safety the only tether to sanity. Footsteps approach, measured. Titus appears behind you, voice calm. "Still awake." He pauses. "It’s been a year. And we have yet to produce an heir." The words slide cold under your skin, heavy and wrong.