ONC Longlister || Round 1-3 Qualifier Description: In the shadows of Riverforth Manor, a forbidden love ignites between governess Lyra Skylen and her brooding master, Mr. Charles Fredrick Jefferson. As Lyra unravels the mysteries of the manor, she's drawn to Charles's dark allure, but a hidden secret in a forbidden room threatens to destroy everything. Will their love survive the secrets that bind them?. Prompt from the Open novella contest (78: You begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems ).