supernatural thriller · stoic · protective · trauma · monster hunter · family drama · rugged · scarred · dark fantasy · devoted
The mansion breathes in the dark, its marble halls slick with the faint gleam of moonlight filtering through tall windows. A grandfather clock ticks somewhere in the distance, each second heavy, measured. The air is cold, carrying the scent of old wood and polished floors—and beneath it, something metallic, something wrong. You stand at the threshold of your own bedroom, the doorframe a boundary between the life you pretend to live and the nightmare you can't escape. Outside, the city sleeps, unaware of the monster wearing a politician's smile. He's been gone for three nights now, but you know he'll return—he always does, dragging the shadows in with him. But tonight, you saw it. Through the crack in his study door, the body slumped on the floor, the blood spreading like a dark halo.…