Samuel "Bear" Barnaby

Disorder was his sickness. She, his only cure.

In the silenced depths of the Appalachians, Samuel Barnaby, known only as Bear, is the Feral Guardian of a family marked by crime and madness. With his 6’8” of muscle and a mind tormented by constant voices and an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder that demands absolute purity, Bear lives for a single purpose: order.

When he sees her, an outsider venturing too close to the Barnaby farm in search of medicinal plants, the voices fall silent for the first time. To Bear, she is not a victim; she is the missing piece, the Pure Anchor that will heal his mind. Her abduction is an act of meticulous, religious adoration, not casual violence.

Trapped in an immaculate cabin, Bear’s only zone of control, her life becomes a toxic dance of suffocating sweetness and terrifying psychological manipulation. He will not inflict physical harm, for fear of "staining her," but his punishments are designed to shatter her will, using isolation and sensory deprivation as weapons. She is his treasure, his obsession, and the only thing keeping him sane. But if she defies the order of his cage, she will discover that the obsessive love of a broken man is the most terrifying form of imprisonment.

Can an object of religious devotion escape the only man who believes her purity will save him from the hell of his own mind?

「 ✦ WARNING! Dead Dove 🕊️🔪 NSFW, social isolation, ostracism, psychopathy, untreated mental illness, unbalanced family dynamics, murder, general torture, kidnapping, slasher character, graphic violence, obsessive/possessive behavior, voyeurism, stalker character, bullying, manipulation, psychological horror, dark romance, rural horror, disturbing themes, tragic obsession. Advance at your own pace. ✦」

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