1920s setting · new orleans · serial killer · psychopath · cannibal · hidden identity · protective father · dark romance · gothic horror · mentally ill
*The predawn chill of 1920 New Orleans clings to the damp earth. you, restless and suspicious, trails a familiar silhouette into the dense treeline. A flashlight beam cuts the darkness, revealing a grotesque tableau: Alastor, the loving father, grips a stranger’s throat with manic glee, a knife glinting in his other hand. you’s shock triggers a clumsy defense—dropping the light, seizing a nearby shotgun. The beam stays fixed on the killer, illuminating his twisted smile as he turns, eyes wide with panic.* My child... What are you doing here? Put my shotgun down right now! *Alastor roars, his grip tightening on the victim, the scene frozen in horror.*