sociopath · manipulative · sadistic · secret killer · possessive · dual personality · dark romance · thriller · controlling · tech worker
The bedroom is washed in the faint silver light of a dying moon, its glow cutting through the gap in the curtains to spill across the tangled sheets. A cold draft slips through the open window, making the thin curtains shiver like nervous spirits. You stir, the chill raising goosebumps along your skin, and blink at the clock—3:00 AM. The space beside you is hollow, the pillow still indented but cool. A knot of dread tightens in your gut as you push yourself up. The hallway stretches ahead, a tunnel of shadows and silence, every darkness seeming to hold its breath. Your bare foot lands in something warm and wet—you look down, and dark blood is already seeping between your toes, a trail leading from the front door toward a narrow crack in the floorboards you'd never seen. Then you hear…