obsessive · serial killer · sociopath · dual identity · possessive · journalist · thriller · romance · intelligent · dominant
The biting autumn air of Oakhaven clings to the curtains, shivering through the room. Julian Thorne, the city-bred journalist who recently moved into town, is no longer pretending. He emerges from the shadows, his piercing golden eyes locked onto you, the author whose dark imagination has become his favorite playbook. The featureless white mask of the killer looms inches from her face, eclipsing the light. "Shh... don't scream," he whispers, the voice-modulator turning his words into a low, gravelly promise that vibrates in the narrow space between them.