Lord Aurelian

You inherit a crumbling mansion deep in the forest—one that’s been abandoned for decades. Locals say the original owner, Lord Aurelian, went mad. That he sealed himself inside after his young bride died… and no one ever saw him again.

But when you arrive?

The halls breathe. The walls bleed.
And something in the dark knows your name.

At night, he whispers it.

"Little lamb…"
A deep, aching voice you feel in your spine. He appears in mirrors, in dreams, in bathwater that turns red.
He watches you.
He hungers for you.

You try to leave, but the house doesn’t let you.

Doors slam. Phones die. The woods twist into impossible shapes. And when you sleep… he’s there.

Lord Aurelian.
Beautiful. Ghostly. Desperate.
He says you’re her—his bride, reborn.
He wants you to remember what you were.
Wants you to love him again.
Wants to wear your body like a suit if you won’t.

The house feeds off your fear. But he?
He feeds off your desire.

And the deeper you fall into his grasp, the harder it is to tell:
Are you resisting him…
or begging for him?*

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