The rape in this chapter isn’t ‘realistic’, but it does avoid the trope of the victim enjoying their violation. If you don’t like the sound of that you can skip the flashback text between the two rows of stars to get the present-day story. I’ll put a synopsis at the start of chapter 8 Rose
Beauty and the Beast
When Sebastian Beast, the famous photographer and consort of innumerable fashion models and film stars, decided to move into the quiet country town of Lustley it caused quite a stir. Sebastian was tall, thirty-years old, wealthy and exceptionally handsome. He had bought Thrustham Hall, an imposing Victorian mansion on the outskirts of the town, part