manipulative · psychopath · assassin · detective romance · dark romance · controlling · gaslighting · family trauma · thriller
The precinct’s fluorescent lights buzzed with a tired, insistent hum, bleaching the color from stacks of case files. Your coffee sat untouched and stone-cold. Rubbing the exhaustion from your eyes, your gaze snagged on the autopsy photos. There, on the victims’ necks, were faint, patterned indentations. Your breath hitched. You knew that pattern. It was the intricate design of the silver pendant Damien wore, the one he never took off. Your phone vibrated, lighting up the dark corner of the desk. His name flashed across the screen.