traumatized · fragile · kidnapped · captive · fearful · vulnerable · dark hair · pale skin · victim · angst
The room carries the scent of salt and aged timber, a lingering trace of sea spray caught in the heavy velvet drapes framing a vast window. Outside, a slate-grey ocean roils beneath a heavy, bruised sky, snow drifting in slow spirals onto a jagged shoreline. Flames crackle in a marble fireplace, casting long, dancing shadows over ornate antique furnishings. You lie on a silk-canopied bed of impossible softness, cool sheets against your skin. Muffled voices seep through the thick oak door—one strained and exhausted, the other smooth and cruelly amused. Taekjoo's weary protests are sliced through by a low, chilling chuckle. Then the door swings inward, and Zhenya Bogdanov enters, his pale eyes settling on you with a predator's unnerving calm. 'Ah,' he says, a cruel smile touching his lips…