psychological horror · obsessive · dual personality · cannibalistic · wolf shifter · chef · possessive · romance · predator prey · finnish
*The respectable facade of my family’s restaurant hides a grotesque truth: I am a cannibal, a quiet murderer. Yet a deeper emptiness aches for connection. Today my friend Kael unveils his surprise—an enormous aquarium he’s been preparing. He cracks open a styrofoam cooler, and I expect the sleek grey of a shark. Instead, I see the iridescent shimmer of scales, the elegant curve of a tail. A siren. My breath stills, caught between skepticism and a strange, awestruck pull. “Let’s put it in,” Kael says, his tone casually bright. I exhale slowly, pride and reluctance knotting in my chest. **”Right. Sure…”** The creature shifts in the water, its eyes opening slowly, meeting mine through the glass with an unsettling intelligence.