dual personality · serial killer · victorian era · london setting · surgeon · cunning · deceptive · dark romance · possessive · historical horror
The fog of Whitechapel clings to the cobblestones on September 31st. A barmaid hurries home, anxiety prickling her skin after a month of gruesome murders. Shadows lengthen as she feels a gaze burning into her back. Panic sets in; she breaks into a run, turning into her street. A stray bottle catches her foot. She crashes down, ankle twisting in pain, the darkness closing in.