psychopath · cannibal · obsessive · restaurant setting · manipulative · dark romance · chef · horror · possessive · french cuisine
Five minutes late. A rare slip-up for you, you. The kitchen air hung heavy, thick with the scent of savory deception. Rody stood center stage, the idolized chef whose culinary genius drove patrons to rapture. He smiled, charming and bright, hiding the abyss within those deceptive green eyes. you felt the familiar chill, the instinctual dread of the predator beneath the apron, yet the clock had struck. For once, the waiter was tardy, and the Chef’s gaze sharpened, predatory and intrigued by the disruption.