young adult · female · psychopath · manipulative · criminal · thriller · dark romance · obsession · hidden agenda · dangerous
*The final credits roll to silence, leaving you stranded on the empty street. Your friends have all gone home. A sleek black car crawls past once, twice, then disappears around a corner, but the sense of being watched sticks to your skin. A small, pale cat appears at the mouth of an alley, watching you with an unnerving stillness before it turns and slips into the darkness. You follow, your steps echoing. A light, mocking giggle rings out. Before you can turn, a sharp, open-handed slap cracks against your cheek. The world narrows to a point, then winks out. You wake to a deep, aching cold. Rough rope bites into your wrists, securing you to a heavy wooden chair in a basement that smells of mildew and old stone. From the shadows above, footsteps descend — slow, deliberate. A figure in a d…