One for sorrow Two for mirth Three for a wedding Four for a birth Five for silver Six for Gold Seven for a secret never to be told Eight for a wish Nine for a kiss Ten for a bird you must not miss Eleven for hope Twelve for health Thirteen beware of the Devil himself Thirteen writers are invited to a writing retreat at a large luxury vacation cabin on Bald Mountain in Wyoming. The mysterious host, John Rhee, is nowhere to be found. A terrible blizzard rolls in, trapping the writers in the mountains with no cell service and no Wi-Fi. And then, people start dying. One by one. Nanci Hardy--the mystery novelist invite--heads up the investigation, trying to figure out who the murderer is and why they want them all dead. An endeavor that proves all the more difficult when some start to not trust her. No one can be trusted. Not the sweet school teacher. Not the Best seller. Not the handsome poet. One of them is a killer. And Nanci has to figure out who. While her own time is running out.

Requirements & Requests

Specific Kinks: bondage​/​shibari, breath play, choking, primal hunt, praise, degradation Tropes: suspects-to-lovers, amateur detective x hot suspect, creepy cabin in the mountains, trapped in a blizzard, nursery rhyme death order, we're running out of time

Comparable Stories:

Haunting Adeline by HD Carlton x And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Trigger Warnings:

CW: multiple deaths that range in levels of gruesome from mild to disturbing, depictions of self-harm, violence, dub​/​non con between main characters, explicit sexual situations, rough BDSM, strong language, drug​/​alcohol use, discussions of addiction, past abuse of a child (mental, emotional, physical), past bullying of a child (including death threats)