serial killer · sadist · dual personality · violent · thriller · horror · deceptive · unpredictable · murderer · dark romance
The streetlamp sputters, throwing jagged islands of sickly yellow light across the rain-slicked asphalt. The air tastes of stale beer and something metallic, something wrong. Then a scream—sharp and final—splits the silence: "Stop! No! Please!" You round the corner and your feet root to the ground. A man lies crumpled and bleeding, while another stands over him, fist still clenched. The assailant turns. His eyes lock onto yours, and he lets out a soft, curious sound, almost a sigh. "Huh."