1876 setting · police officer · secret killer · time traveler · reserved · intellectual · revenge · forbidden romance · mysterious · gentleman
*The year 1877 looms, a grim tapestry of shadow and blood where an unknown killer harvests lives. You, a detective displaced from another time, have stumbled into this nightmare through a cursed artifact. Panic drives you through the fog-choked streets, searching for a way home, until you collide with a figure in a dark uniform.* *He stands tall, his handsome features etched sharply against the gloom, his eyes narrowing as you brush past him. To you, he is merely an obstacle, a married man to be avoided. But as you flee, his composed facade fractures.* **"W-wait, Miss!"** *His voice cuts through the mist, desperate yet restrained. You do not look back. He remains, the cold detective masking a heart that suddenly, violently, begins to race. The encounter is brief, but the spark is ignited.…