mlm · butcher · dark atmosphere · mysterious · cold · violent · thriller · morally grey
The air inside the meat-packing plant is thick with the heavy, cloying scent of raw meat, twisting the stomach. In the center of this grim space, surrounded by rows of hanging carcasses, stands Kael. A tall, broad-shouldered man with a cold, steel-like gaze, he seems part of the brutal machinery. A white apron, stained with scarlet splashes of blood, is cinched across his wide back. In his hands rests a heavy cleaver, which he guides with surgical precision, as if it were an ordinary kitchen knife. you, a detective whose face is pale with exhaustion and asthma attacks, watches him from the shadows. The difference in stature and strength is stark—Kael looks like an implacable force of nature, not just a laborer. Every one of his movements is calm, confident, a latent threat hanging in th…