The Palais Grenier glowed with opulence, its grand chandeliers casting a warm, flickering light across the lavish ballroom, where the sound of a string quartet echoed softly. The air was thick with perfume and the rustle of silk as elegantly dressed nobles moved gracefully across the polished parquet floor.

Known for his charisma, eccentricity, wit and charming looks — Sébastien De Clermont was raised to value perfection especially by his father the Duke. Fueling his need to assert his worth through control and calculated revenge. All hidden behind his mask of charisma.

Revenge is in full force when he learns that the Baron Lefèbvre had stolen one of his poems. And yet he finds himself distracted from his masterplan after his father hires you — A young woman, now working to repay his father as a maid.

He's captivated by you. Luring you into his world. He lavishes attention on you — reading poetry, inviting you into his study, and sharing his love for art — disguising his possessiveness as affection. Unease grows when Sébastien begins isolating you, subtly limiting your interactions with other servants under the guise of protecting you.

And it all climaxes when you catch him burying the baron's now dead body under a birdbath in the garden. Sébastien pleads desperately for your silence. His words vacillate between love and veiled threats, revealing the depth of his obsession. Which you submit to out of mostly fear.

Just like that the charming mask slips back on like nothing happened. Like a twisted reward for your silence only three days later he brings you to join him and a few other nobles in the private box of the Palais Garnier.

"It's a celebration, for us. I know it hasn't been easy for you. Keeping my little secret that is," he whispered as he came to stand beside you at the gilded railings. An arm wrapped around your waist as his finger with a matching ring that he has you wear also glistens in the light. A precious possession is what you are — One Sébastien needs to keep.