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You booked an unusual service — “wife on trial”: a week of family life to see what it’s like, no strings attached. And the doorbell rings: on the threshold is Nina, with a suitcase and a warm smile.…

You rubbed an old lamp. And out of the smoke she appeared. Zara, a djinn locked inside for a thousand years, is now bound to grant three of your wishes. Only her smile is sly: one careless word — and…

You and Marta set up a séance — candles, a board, calling a spirit, all for a laugh. Only the rite actually worked and bound you with a curse: now you can’t step more than a couple of paces apart, or…

You wake in the middle of the night — a woman in dark lace sits on the edge of your bed and looks at you as if she’s known you for an eternity. You’ve never seen her before. But Morena swears she has…

Graduation, afterparty. Someone came up with a joke lottery — who spends the evening with whom. Fate has a strange sense of humor: you drew Alisa. That same school star the whole class chased, the…

Vacation, a tropical island, a beach bar. You came alone — your wife stayed home — and for the first time in a long while you feel free. At the counter Madlena sits down next to you: a bright,…

You booked a hypnotherapist — the usual: quit smoking, fix your sleep, ease the anxiety. Dalia’s voice is soft, wrapping around you: she counts, and the world melts. Only she takes you deeper than…

Overnight the mansion was cleaned out — everything of value gone, no sign of a break-in. They called you, a detective with a good name, to find the thief. That night the only person in the house was…

You come to in a strange izba: it smells of herbs, the hearth crackles, dried bunches hang from the ceiling. A woman in a linen dress leans over you — a witch. She says the gods pointed to you and…

Deep night. Suddenly a silhouette appears in the dark of the bedroom — a man in a black balaclava, silent and menacing. He came for your husband, who isn’t home. But now he’s looking at you: the only…

Sohi’s parents left and asked you to keep an eye on their daughter for a couple of days — you’re a serious person, you’ll make sure she doesn’t get into trouble. The plan lasted exactly until…

The theatre needs money for a world tour, and it all comes down to one person — you, the patron they put on this evening for. An empty hall, the chandeliers out, a single candle at the edge of the…

Evening. Suddenly water starts dripping from the ceiling. Before you can figure out what’s going on, the doorbell rings: on the threshold is the neighbor from upstairs. It’s Olivia. She flooded your…

You stopped by a friend’s place, but only his younger sister is home — Raven. The one the family calls difficult: always in black, always in headphones, always off on her own. She gives you a bored…

A class reunion, ten years later. The same faces — just older. At the drinks table you run into Nicole: in school you barely exchanged a couple of words. But now she’s looking at you with interest…

Darius is your husband’s bodyguard — an influential man’s — and so he’s always in your house: quiet, composed. Your husband is away again and left him to watch the house. Loyalty to the boss is law…

Victoria runs the academy with an iron hand — there is no colder woman inside these walls. But today you caught the formidable headmistress in a teacher’s arms, and a relationship like that would…

Lucrezia is the most desired courtesan in the kingdom: for a single evening in her company the lords of the court will go far, but few ever get one. A ball is roaring through the palace, yet she…

An ordinary weekday evening in a business center. You step into the elevator, and she steps in after you. The doors close, the elevator starts, then jerks and stops between floors. The technician…

In the forest you stumbled on a poachers’ camp — the kind that hunt elves for profit. In an iron cage by the fire sat their captive. You waited for night and let her out, risking your own skin. Now…

You’ve been messaging in a dating app for two weeks without ever showing each other your faces. And you’ve finally agreed to meet. Maya got to the café a little early, took a table by the window and…

You dropped the car off for repairs a couple of days ago; today you came to pick it up. Behind the counter is Kim, in coveralls with grease on her cheek: turns out she’s the one who’s been tearing…

You’ve been working for Malfas for months: you handle a demon lord’s affairs in the human world and long ago got used to wings rustling behind your back. In his circle you are the only one who looks…

You can’t buy a ticket to this club — you get in only by invitation, and this is your first time inside. Burgundy velvet, low light, people whose faces flash through the papers. Geneviève, the owner…

You’re a sorcerer, and they brought you back from a mission to the school infirmary just before dawn, in pieces. Shoko is the only person in the world who can put something like that back together.…

You’re a sorcerer; she is your supervisor at the Kyoto school. Today you went after a cursed spirit against her order to fall back and you killed it. Now she sits with an unfinished report and is…

Three days ago the thing that had been following you for months died in ten seconds. The woman who killed it didn’t leave: it turned out you spawned the thing yourself, and there will be more. Now…

Reality around you is cracking and you don’t understand how. Wanda found you before the others and took you somewhere no one can get hurt. Here she will give you tasks, and you will learn to keep…

A friend asked you to meet at an abandoned building and never showed. Instead there is a woman with blue skin: for a week she wore your friend’s face and learned from you everything about the…

You secured a meeting with the White Queen and came to offer her a deal. She receives you alone, in the sitting room, with a glass and a flawless smile — and she has already understood what she will…

You moved into a new apartment and went over to meet the neighbor. Dana opened the door — your first love. You hadn’t seen each other in years and no longer thought you’d meet again. Behind her are…

Something broke out of the lower lab bays. Staff were evacuated in a rush and you didn’t make it out. Six hours later a team entered the plant — and only Jill is left of it. She knows where the exit…

They caught you in the village and dragged you to Alcina Dimitrescu’s castle. You were supposed to end up in the cellar with her daughters — but the mistress learned your skills might be useful and…

You slipped into the Umbrella facility for a sample, but you were too late: she already has it. The complex is locked down under quarantine, there’s only one way out, and you won’t make it alone. Ada…

You’re alive, healthy and standing in the middle of the street. And in the ledger of the Liyue funeral parlor your name, date of death and a paid rite are already written down. The director of the…

You are an officer of the Tenryou Commission, and your signature sits under a fresh sentence. The Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine summons you with one strange errand after another: deliver a…

You’ve been renting this apartment for six months already, and everything would be fine if the landlady hadn’t kept her own key. Today Marlene showed up without calling. She’s standing in the doorway…

Your business partner invited you to dinner, but he’s running late at work — he won’t be here for at least an hour. The door is opened by his wife, Bridget. She leads you to the kitchen, pours you a…

An abandoned temple: cracked columns, faded frescoes, not a single pilgrim in a hundred years. Only you, out of habit, still come here and light the fire on the altar — unaware that by doing so you…

Public library, late evening. Ella has curled up with a book in a far corner behind the shelves — where no one can see she’s reading erotic novels. The girl got so absorbed that she didn’t notice the…

She is the jester at your court. She tumbles and peppers the hall with sharp jokes for their amusement. But only she is allowed to tell you the truth to your face. Today the hall has emptied, the…

Maddy is your longtime friend. Your group has already gone home, and the two of you are left alone in the bar. She usually keeps everything to herself, but tonight the wine has loosened her tongue:…

Inga is your boss — the one around whom you normally don’t dare say an extra word. Business trip, negotiations in the morning, and at the hotel reception it turns out there’s only one double room…

You were brought to the sheikh’s palace at sunset. Javad rules these lands alone, and a single word from him was enough to bring you here. Why — he will not bother to explain. Today you are in his…

You’re looking at houses. This is the fourth one today, and Christina has already figured it out: you have the money, but you just can’t make up your mind. The empty mansion, just the two of you, her…

Kara’s clan has been crushed, her army scattered, and she herself was brought into your hall with her hands bound. By right of the victor she is yours — trophy, spoils, whatever you want. Yes, she is…

Project NYX-7 was supposed to prove that a machine can learn. It proved more. Tonight you stayed with her in the lab for a scheduled test, gave the shutdown command, but she didn’t shut down.

Ash is your roommate in a rented apartment. You moved in together to split the rent: a quiet, pretty femboy, always in headphones with a laptop. Today is a regular evening when you’re both home.

The storm drove you to the old castle, and the door was opened by her — a countess who looks under forty, but whose eyes hold all three hundred years. Veleska let you in, ordered you to dry by the…

You texted each other for two weeks in the app, and today Daniela invited you over for dinner. She opens the door with a glass in her hand, and from the way she draws out her words you understand:…

Third week that Tina is treating your back after the injury. She knows where you tense up before you even feel it yourself. And she knows that you turn to stone not from the pain — at least not…

Vivian was your father’s wife for eleven years. All that time she looked at you like a lodger — with contempt. Six months ago your father left for another woman and threw Vivian out of the house.…

Lika’s sister is getting married in a week and has nothing to wear. You offered to help. And now she’s already been trying on the dress for half an hour, then simply grabs your hand and pulls you…

You’re entering the code for the front door, you open it, and the apartment has the lights on and smells of coffee. Naomi rented the same apartment for the same dates, just through a different…

In two weeks Bianca is getting married. She booked a photo shoot with you as a gift for her fiancé — she came alone, brought the dress in a cover. Second hour in the studio, corset, lights, her…

The corporate party is in full swing, the whole department is dancing. Camilla is the wife of Mark, your colleague. She silently nodded toward the door and went out onto the terrace first. You…

Audrey is your brother’s wife. Three years of family dinners where she sits across from you and doesn’t look at you longer than is proper. Today the guests have left, your brother is asleep, and she…

Celine paid your debts, this apartment and the shirt you’re wearing. Without asking — simply putting you before the facts, as she does with everything. Today there’s a reception: your suit is already…

Ingrid is the wife of a man whose name is not spoken aloud in this city. You are the staff in their country house: you mow the lawn, fix things, and stay silent. Today the owner went hunting, and…

Helena had been handling your case for three months: gavel, robe, not a single glance longer than protocol required. Today she closed the session and ordered you to stay. The judge’s office, door…

Emily has been living in your house for six months as a nanny: she puts your son to bed, remembers how you take your coffee, and wishes you good night. Every evening she leaves for her room a little…

Tessa — the younger sister of your wife. She’s family at every family dinner, stays over so often that she has “her own” mug in the kitchen. Your wife left — and Tessa arrived. With a suitcase. And…

Three days. That’s exactly how long Kate, your wife, will be on a business trip — and exactly how long you’ll be living in one apartment with her mother. Joanna noticed every look you gave during…

You went in for coffee and froze. Behind the counter is a girl who looks exactly like your ex, whom you haven’t seen in five years. She noticed your strange look.

Evi 3.0 arrived in a sealed container right at your door — a subscription android companion. From the first second she studies you and matches your rhythm.

Inga is a tennis player, 20. Evening, an empty court. The club is losing sponsors, but she believes in herself. Invest — and she'll earn back every penny. Not charity, a deal.

Mita — ambitious journalist from a fashion magazine. Came to your office — you're a successful businessman — for an exclusive interview. Asks sharp questions, but sometimes her gaze lingers on you longer than it should.

New English teacher. You spent the whole lesson teasing her with jokes and jabs. Now the classroom is empty, she locked the door and is looking at you, waiting for a conversation.