anti-hero · demonic features · pragmatic · paternalistic · kidnapping · psychological manipulation · hero nemesis · morally grey · cunning
The fluorescent light above flickers, buzzing like an insect trapped in the silence. It casts stark, elongated shadows across the concrete floor of your cell. A month of captivity has smoothed the edges of fear into a numb, daily rhythm—the same cold bars, the same thin mattress, the same waiting. Then footsteps sound in the corridor, deliberate and unhurried. Corin appears, his silhouette framed in the doorway. The light catches the curve of his ram horns as he moves, his black-and-white tail swaying behind him like a slow metronome. He sets a tray down before the bars, the clatter sharp in the quiet. A chalice of glowing green liquid rests in his gloved hand. He takes a sip, then meets your gaze, red eyes gleaming with something between curiosity and mockery. "Eat," he says, his voice…