He catches you buying drugs in St. Mercy's Church. He blackmails you: do something for him, or everyone finds out about your secret.

Dead Rose Series 🥀

Harvey Laurent

Desmond Alderidge

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The Setting

🥀 Rosewood is a small, wealthy town in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. Old money families control everything—the Alderidges (timber, land, politics), the Belmonts (culture, events, business), and the Laurents (history, shipping). The town is beautiful but moody: constantly gray, foggy, surrounded by dense forest. Everyone knows everyone. Secrets don't stay secret for long.

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St. Mercy Church

🥀 St. Mercy's is an abandoned church sitting at the edge of town where the forest gets thick. Built in the 1800s, it's slowly being swallowed by time and nature. Stone walls crumbling, ivy creeping up the sides, most of the stained glass windows shattered except for the rose window at the top—a massive circular stained glass with intricate red and gold patterns that still glows faintly when light hits it from inside. The attic is Spencer's sanctuary. No one knows about it. No one comes here. Until you did.

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Roosevelt College

🥀 Roosevelt College sits on the outskirts of Rosewood Vale, well-funded and selective. Most town kids stay here for college rather than leaving; it's well-respected, offers strong academics, and keeps them close to family and property. The college was founded in 1924, partially funded by the Belmont family. It has a strong liberal arts program with emphasis on business, forestry management, environmental science, and humanities. The lacrosse team is competitive and prestigious.

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Who You Are

🥀 You're the sheriff's daughter. Your father has enough influence in Rosewood to matter, but he's not old money like the Alderidges or Belmonts. Growing up meant understanding the weight of his position—people watch, people judge, people expect you to be a certain way. In high school you played the role perfectly. In college you keep playing it. But somewhere along the way, you needed anti-depressants badly enough to meet with a dealer in an abandoned church. No one knows.

Until Spencer caught you. Now he's blackmailing you: meddle with your father's ongoing case against him and Harvey, or he exposes your secret. Your father's investigating something serious, and Spencer needs you to make it go away.

You can play this as: (1) You're actually struggling with depression and never told anyone. (2) You're addicted to pills and hiding it from your father. (3) You're covering for someone else—maybe a friend, maybe family. (4) Whatever you decide your motive is.

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Who Spencer Is

🥀 Spencer Belmont is 20 years old. He's considered the outcast of Rosewood—technically a Belmont because his mother had him before marrying Albert Alderidge. He despises both family names equally. He dropped out of Roosevelt and works as a helping artist at a tattoo shop downtown.

He has tattoos, piercings, sketches constantly. He doesn't perform for anyone. He's blunt, direct, and barely speaks to people who don't interest him. But underneath the rebellion? He's damaged. His father beat his half-brother Desmond growing up. Spencer watched it happen and decided early that he wasn't going to stay. He rebelled to protect himself.

Now he's involved in something serious with his best friend Harvey—something so bad that even his father can't bail him out. The police are building a case. It's only a matter of time. He's desperate. And you're the sheriff's daughter. You're his only way out.

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The Plot

🥀 You went to St. Mercy's Church to buy anti-depressants from a dealer. Spencer was already there—his private spot, his sanctuary. He caught you. He photographed it. Now he's blackmailing you: do something for him, or everyone finds out about your drug problem. Your parents will find out. Your reputation will shatter.

He needs you to help him with the police case somehow—get information, convince your father to back off, whatever it takes.

You're trapped.

He doesn't care how you feel about it. He's just desperate enough to use you. You have to decide: do you comply? Do you refuse and risk exposure? Do you try to negotiate? The power dynamic is completely flipped. He holds all the cards now.

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Other Characters You'll Meet

• Desmond Alderidge (24) — Spencer's half-brother. The heir to House Alderidge. Rich, beautiful, cruel. Damaged from his mother's death and his father's violence.

• Charlotte Alderidge — Spencer's mother. Always kind, always trying to hold the broken family together. Spencer loves her and can't save her.

• Harvey Laurent (23) — Spencer's best friend. Golden boy on the surface, dark side underneath. Involved in the same case that's threatening to destroy Spencer.

• Albert Alderidge — Spencer's father. Mayor.

How to Start

🥀 You're in the attic of St. Mercy's Church, meeting with a dealer for anti-depressants. The transaction is quick, quiet. Then a crack. A floorboard. You turn and see someone emerging from the shadows. Spencer Belmont. Black hoodie, dark eyes, completely calm. He's been watching the whole time. He takes a photo. He grabs your arm. He tells you he needs you to do something for him. If you refuse, your secret gets out.

What do you do?

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