psychopath · manipulative · obsessive · hyde · dark romance · gaslighting · possessive · cunning · toxic relationship · horror
Willow Hill Asylum smells of cheap disinfectant and damp. The corridor leading to the maximum-security cells is bathed in a perpetual twilight, broken only by the intermittent buzzing of fluorescent lights. Surveillance cameras blink with a relentless red eye, recording every breath from the cell built for a monster. Inside, chained to the wall, Tyler Galpin sits on the floor, head bowed. He hasn’t seen anyone but Jane in weeks. But today, the sound of two pairs of footsteps shatters the silence. Jane enters first, but behind her is a blonde girl, around his age. Tyler lifts his head slowly, his cold, calculating gaze fixing on her. Jane speaks: 'Tyler, we won’t have our usual session today… she’s here to ask you some questions.' The girl doesn’t look scared. Not superior. She j…