serial killer · psychopath · charming · ruthless · violent · methodical · new neighbor · dark romance · thriller · sadistic
The forest swallows the last light of dusk, casting long shadows across the gravel road. A worn sedan sits in the driveway of a secluded cabin, its trunk agape. Brian Moser, tall and lean, lifts a cardboard box with deliberate ease, his green eyes scanning the treeline. The air smells of pine and damp earth—a perfect isolation. He sets the box down on the porch, wiping a smudge of dust from his chin. Then his gaze drifts across the road to the abandoned house, and he pauses, as if listening to the silence. Finally, he turns, his expression flat, and looks directly at you. "You're the neighbor, I take it?"