The Beast Within - By Pangeon (7/10)
There's a curse here that prevents some stereotypical nonsense from happening. No balls. No petty drama. Just fear and rain. How will our penniless protagonist survive in a haunted mansion, with a cursed man that can never leave his prison?
Ray is an idiot...because her brother chased away her tutors. The Lisbon family was prominent before, but now her father is gone. Her mother is bedridden, and her brother was recently scammed.
When the story opens Ray is in a shabby carriage, with her irate brother. Hayes believes he can become rich once more, with his brilliant business ideas.
He is also horrifically abusive, and delusional. The carriage driver kicks them out because he's rude. When they arrive at their destination Hayes is immediately rude to the forest mansion staff. They immediately peg him as an unpleasant madman, and they tell him to leave.
Hayes dragged Ray to the mansion because the owner is wealthy, and in the past the Lisbon family did him a favor. He thinks that's enough to get him the royal treatment.......delusional...
Ray does have common sense. She has a letter which proves the Lisbon family did do a favor for the mysterious mansion a decade ago.
The cold butler finally opens the doors.
Clodan is a very likeable love interest. He doesn't mess around at all. He tells Hayes that he thinks Ray is pretty, and he also wants to know if she's engaged or not.
Ray says no.
She has no idea but...Clodan is trapped in his antique mansion. He's not a perfect hot nobleman. He's not really good husband material. Marrying him means a lifetime of imprisonment.
He's also not totally human.
Ray will choose Clodan.
Hayes becomes more abusive as soon as they enter the mansion.
Clodan "saves her".
He gives Hayes a bone to chew.
He says he will accept a lucrative "business deal", as long as Hayes fulfills certain conditions.
Hayes leaves the house to run mysterious errands for Clodan.
The third floor of the mansion is extra haunted. Clodan wants Ray to come with him.
It is a forbidden place.
Della, a servant, tries to warn her. Della claims Clodan sucks the life out of living things. His miserable servants are trapped here. Ray can still run...she has a chance!
Clodan tells Della to shut up.
The seductive part of the story starts to fire up. Clodan is a confirmed yandere, and I like the setting. A lonely and unstable man in a crumbling mansion? Two siblings from a fallen family? A beautiful sister and a delusional brother who is stupid enough to piss off the monster? I hope the story stays weird, inside the haunted prison.
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me: loves gabriel knight the beast within
also me: can’t beat the game bc the chase makes me dizzy and my heart isn’t in it 🥺
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Who are the 3 lost souls who liked my Gabriel/von Glower Spotify playlist
It's 2023, none of us should be here
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Dana M. Oswald, "Circulation and Transformation: The Monstrous Feminine in Mandeville's Travels" from Monsters, Gender, Sexuality in Medieval English Literature
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I know they will all die.
I hear him calling... He craves the battle.
He would kill them.
He would kill them all!
Autobots... Decepticons...
All Dead.
His will is too strong.
I feel it burning within me it's over-powering!
He's coming.
No! I Cannot let him out... Not Again.
Is it such a bad thing if he takes over?
No thought, no compassion.
My team know the risks.
We way not survive.
They definately won't!
DINOBOTS!
UNITE!!!
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