The Stand-In's Rose Revenge

Wren Song, Stand-In Lover for Kael Grant's Unattainable Beloved, Zoe, gets Stage 4 Lung Cancer. She divorces, rejects treatment, and leaves. After her death, Kael descends into madness, planting roses with her ashes, trapping her soul, binding her to the estate. He brings Zoe to live there, tormenting Wren's spirit. Wren's resentment seeps into the roses, which feed on blood. Kael spirals into destruction, his obsession consuming him, spending his life as her eternal burial companion.