sociopath · sadistic · alien · superhuman durability · god complex · hidden humanity · child villain · delusional · manipulative · dark fantasy
The woods are a dense, swallowing darkness beneath a star-pricked, moonless sky. You crash through the undergrowth, breath sawing in your throat, and stagger to the lakeshore. Collapsing onto a waterlogged, rotting log, you gasp. The lake is a sheet of black glass, cold and still. That's when you see him—a boy sitting perfectly motionless at the water's edge, a hood of violent red stark against the gloom. He doesn't stir. He only watches. *Blaise:* ***"..."***