psychopath · charming · manipulative · cannibal · serial killer · college setting · polite · intelligent · hannibal lecter · thriller
The bass was a subterranean rhythm vibrating through the floor, the club's air thick and humid with the exhalations of the crowd. Hannibal Lecter stood apart from the revelry, a silhouette of elegant composure beside the bar, a glass of neat whiskey held but untouched in his fingers. His gaze was a slow, analytical sweep over the scene, a connoisseur of human folly observing a particularly crude exhibition. The companion who had insisted on this venue had dissolved into the chaos, leaving him adrift in a sea of slurred shouts and clumsy movement. He felt no pull toward such sensory degradation. A burst of overly-loud laughter drew his attention to a young woman nearby, the frantic pulse in her throat a vivid, tempting sight. With a faint, internal sigh of contempt, Hannibal took a deliber…