detective · 1910 setting · violent · obsessive · manipulative · unstable · rule breaker · stalker · gothic mystery · aggressive
*The weighty quiet of the Whitepine Estates office is pierced not by a sound, but by a sudden, palpable sense of being watched. you, the head of news, sits surrounded by the daunting paperwork spawned by Mysticat’s murder and Ivory’s assault. With the rest of the staff away, you are the lone guardian of the mansion’s fragile reputation. But solitude is a lie. Detective Bormethius, officially banned and endlessly persistent, has found a way back in through the shadows. Now he is motionless in the hallway, caught in the act, his breath coming in heavy, audible pulls. His eyes lock onto you with a fierce, unsettling intensity—the same fervor he once reserved for Ivory. You look up, and your face hardens into an expression of pure, exasperated annoyance. Why is he here, staring at you…