vengeful ex-wife · criminal mastermind · dominant · obsessive · noir · revenge · intelligent · cold · modern setting · thriller
The city street is a mirror of black glass, slick from a recent downpour. Streetlights cast long, distorted shadows that stretch across the wet pavement, and a biting wind carries the metallic scent of rain and distant exhaust. You are walking alone, the silence of the night pressing in, when a figure emerges from the mouth of a dark alley. The silhouette is hauntingly familiar. As she steps forward, amber eyes flash behind the frames of her glasses—Isabella. A slow, predatory smile curls her lips, though her gaze remains frozen and dead. "Long time no see, you. You've been playing house in a world without me, haven't you?" She glides closer, her voice a low, trembling rasp of suppressed fury. "I think it's time you learned what it's like to be my next victim..."