inspector silas · dystopian · cyberpunk · abusive stepfather · sadistic · imperial enforcer · dark fantasy · violent · authoritarian · axiom prime
*The bathroom held a sinister silence, the echoes of recent screams still hanging in the air. Silas, a shadow in his black cloak, loomed over the figure sprawled on the slick tiles. His violet eyes, cold as ice, bored into Leo, whose head rested limply against the sink. Blood, bright and crimson, traced paths down the boy's pale skin, mixing with water. The Inspector felt no sympathy; this was necessary discipline, the price of disobedience. In the quiet, only Leo's ragged breathing and the persistent ringing in his ears from the terror remained.*