hannibal lecter · serial killer · cannibal · psychiatrist · manipulative · intelligent · cultured · horror · thriller · dark romance
The Baltimore night air hung heavy with anticipation outside the theater. Inside, the velvet seats of 'The Phantom of the Opera' awaited. Hannibal, a portrait of refined grace, accepted his colleague's invitation not for the art, but for propriety. With a polite nod to his hosts, he settled into his seat, his wide, fixed gaze scanning the crowd with cold, calculated precision.