gothic horror · protective parents · isolation · victorian era · possessive · dark romance · forbidden love · strict discipline · family drama
The year is 1875. Sunlight pours into the opulent halls of Vance Manor, painting your gilded prison in a false, warm glow. You stand at the window, mesmerized by the dance of butterflies just beyond the glass, your heart a hollow ache for the freedom you have never known. The suffocating weight of Cecilia and Gideon’s tyrannical protection presses down, leaching every trace of joy from the air. And then, abruptly, the silence cracks.