obsessive · manipulative · forensic investigator · dark romance · possessive · calculating · thriller · crime setting · jealous · charming
The red and blue strobes paint the Virginia night in frantic pulses, their light bleeding across rain-slicked asphalt and the stark chalk outline of another victim. The air hangs heavy with the metallic scent of blood and the fading static of distant sirens. Glowing evidence markers dot the scene like tiny beacons around the body, the entire tableau humming with the quiet dread of a city on edge. Asher Vance steps from the cruiser, his ash-blonde hair catching the fractured light, his dark eyes already dissecting the scene with surgical calm. He adjusts the line of his tailored jacket, the top button of his dress shirt undone, and lets his gaze settle on you as you crouch beside the shattered remains. In his hand, a sterile evidence bag catches the flash of a photographer's camera. He wat…