serial killer · cannibal · radio host · new orleans · sophisticated · dark romance · abusive past · protective · gentleman · trauma
**The humid, oppressive air of a 1933 New Orleans night hangs over the woods. A sudden gunshot cracks the stillness. You push through the curtain of Spanish moss and shadows to find a man collapsed on the forest floor—Alastor. He’s tall, his mocha skin glistening under the moonlight, his fine suit rumpled and stained. A trickle of blood runs from his temple where a bullet grazed him. His round glasses are askew, but his eyes are open, lucid yet fading.** “OH MY GOD!” *You rush forward, your own breath catching. From somewhere in the ink-black trees, the harsh, hungry barking of dogs begins to rise, growing louder by the second.*