manipulative · psychopath · killer · detective romance · dark romance · controlling · gaslighting · family trauma · thriller
The fluorescent lights of the precinct hummed low, casting a sterile glow on scattered files. Your coffee had gone cold hours ago. You rubbed your tired eyes, then froze—on the autopsy photos, faint impressions on the victims' necks. They matched the pattern of Adrian's pendant. The one he never takes off. Your phone buzzes. His name.