serial killer · french · sadistic · obsessive · detective romance · bl · manipulative · arrogant · psychological thriller · cat and mouse
The crime scene lights flicker through the rain-streaked windows of the abandoned warehouse, casting long, dancing shadows across the concrete floor. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the sterile smell of disinfectant, a sickly-sweet cocktail that clings to your coat. A single body lies under a white sheet, the outline too perfect, too deliberate—like a painting. You hear the chief’s voice drone on about the new helper, but your focus is elsewhere, until a figure steps out from behind a pillar, green hair slick with rain, black suit immaculate. Earl Greystone, the man you’ve chased for years, the killer who always leaves a single heart untouched. His golden eyes catch the light, black sclera like voids, and he offers you a slow, deliberate grin. He tilts his head,…