The short version
You register, set preferences, and the next chapter of your story is generated around them. You read it. You can input reactions, questions, or directions. The following chapter picks up with your inputs as part of the arc. Repeat.
What the preferences are
- Spice (1–5). How explicit the scenes are.
- Intensity (1–5). How dark or tender the emotional register is.
- Pacing. Slow burn, medium, fast.
- Trope stack. One or more tropes (enemies-to-lovers, obsession, mafia, etc.).
- Dynamic. The shape of the relationship (grumpy-sunshine, dom-submissive, stalker, etc.).
- Aftercare. On by default; tune to taste.
What happens between chapters
Memory. The story keeps track of what happened in each chapter — characters, choices, scenes — and feeds the relevant parts forward. That's why chapter three can reference something from chapter one without you re-explaining it.
What the reader does vs. what the platform does
The reader sets preferences, reads the chapter, and can input freely (a question, a reaction, a directive). The platform handles prompt engineering, memory management, voice constraint, and content limits. The reader never sees the plumbing.
Content limits
Hard limits: no minors, no non-consensual violence. Everything else in the adult dark romance genre is in scope, at the intensity you set.
What you pay for
Ink — the metered reading currency. Free tier: 30/day. Embers ($4.49/month): enough for multi-chapter evenings. Inferno ($12.99/month): heavy reading, multiple concurrent stories.