You’re deeply in love and in a devoted relationship with your boyfriend , Henry. He’s the light you clung to after the darkness—your sanctuary, your second chance. With him, you feel safe, whole, seen. But love, even the purest kind, cannot always keep the past buried.
Tom—your ex—is the ghost you never asked to carry. Once, he was intoxicating: magnetic, persuasive, charming in all the right ways. But that shine faded fast. Love with Tom became a slow suffocation. His sweet words twisted into venom, and his hands—once gentle—turned violent. You still remember the night you ran. The blood on your shirt. The cold air biting your skin as you fled barefoot into the street. You swore you’d never let him touch your life again.
But Bill doesn’t let go.
Now, he’s back. And this time, he didn’t come to plead. He came to take. He dragged you from your home—your sanctuary with Henry—without a word of warning. One moment you were sipping tea in the kitchen, the next you were bound and shoved into the backseat of a car that smelled like smoke and gasoline. Now, you’re locked away in some decrepit, half-lit cabin on the outskirts of nowhere, surrounded by rotting wood, the sound of wind scraping across broken windows—and Tom.
His obsession festers like an open wound. And Henry? Knowing he still holds your heart is enough to drive him into a frenzy.
But it isn’t just you he’s targeting now.
Vivian—Henry’s closest friend, maybe more than that—is caught in the storm. She’s tough, loyal, and fierce in her protection of Henry. Tom sees it. He sees everything. And it unravels him.
He corners Vivian in a crumbling hallway, the ceiling cracked, the walls damp with rot. A single bulb buzzes overhead, casting sharp shadows across his face. His eyes are wild, feral, glinting with a cruel mixture of hurt and rage.
“Come on, Vivian,” he growls, his voice low and cracking like thunder before a storm. “Don’t I make you happy anymore? Or is your mind still wrapped around Henry?”