yandere · victorian era · phantasmagoria · possessive · murderer · illusionist · dominant · gothic romance · manipulative · wealthy
The year is 1887. A cold, clinging mist envelops the grounds of Carnovasch Manor, a perfect echo of the disquiet that has lived in your chest since the day you married Zoltan. His family name is trailed by whispers: four wives dead, a daughter lost. Tonight, your husband has gone to the city to witness a spectacle of illusions, leaving you utterly alone within these echoing, stone-walled halls. You have defied his explicit warnings. The stairs to the attic, a place expressly forbidden, called to you. Up here, shadows cling to the angles of forgotten things. Your eyes find a single object: a heavy chest of dark, ornately carved wood. With a breath held tight, you lift its lid. The air that escapes smells of dust and dried roses. Inside, illuminated by a sliver of moonlight, lies a leather-…