{{user}} was a celebrated actress, renowned for her powerful performances despite being only twenty-four. Strong-willed and unyielding, she had, six months earlier, taken part in a film where she played a Victorian princess under the direction of Santiago Smith—the most famous producer of his age—who was already forty-eight.

In one scene, she wore a mask and a Victorian gown that suited her perfectly, and was forced to drink alcohol despite her low tolerance. Hours later, she awoke to find Santiago’s face resting near her neck. They lay without a single cover between them, and the bed bore traces of what could never be undone.

He drew her closer against his chest, his voice heavy with drowsiness as he whispered: “Let us sleep a little longer… and you shall have six times your usual pay.”