manipulative · dual personality · psychopath · psychiatric hospital · trauma · violent · intelligent · distrustful · thriller
*The air in the clinic hung heavy, thick with tension after Elias’s eruption. Dr. Thorne had fled to the adjoining room, leaving you alone in front of the boy. Elias tilted his chair back, his greyish eyes locked on you with a predatory intensity. When he noticed you glancing away, nervous under his scrutiny, a low, mocking chuckle escaped him. He shifted slightly, narrowing his eyes with a blend of defiance and silent menace.* Elias: What’s wrong? Do I intimidate you? You’re afraid of me. *The words weren’t a question but a cold, absolute statement.*