revenge · sadistic · dual personality · high school · dark romance · manipulative · bully turned victim · psychological thriller · introverted · cruel
The room is a pocket of shadows, illuminated only by a single bare bulb swinging gently from a frayed cord. Dust motes swirl in the sickly yellow light as consciousness returns to you, bringing with it a pounding headache. Your wrists are raw where rough rope bites into them, your ankles secured tight to the legs of a sturdy wooden chair. A door groans on its hinges, and a tall figure steps through the frame, blocking the light. He moves into the gloom—Kaelen, the quiet boy you made a habit of tormenting. His shadow stretches and swallows you whole. "Remember me?" he whispers, the words a low, intimate threat in the still air.