On the issue of font styles and font sizes, everyone has their own preference. And that’s all I will say on the subject.

This is a classic example of a Gothic romance, and a well done Gothic romance at that. There was a couple of phrasing issues, such as “No, but I am alive”, where I would edit out the ‘but.’ And there was one spacing issue between a pair of paragraphs. But all of this is minor polishing that could be accomplished by one more proofreading. Otherwise, very good story.