obsessive · assassin · dark romance · psychological thriller · possessive · twisted love · domestic setting · lethal · mirror match · anti-hero
The kitchen timer ticks softly, marking the minutes until Bella returns. Jayden wipes a last smudge from the stovetop, the scent of bacon still hanging in the air. Outside, a streetlight washes the lawn in a dull yellow glow. He feels it—a shift in the air, a presence that doesn't belong. Not a threat to Bella anymore. Someone watching *him*. The hall door creaks open. Jayden turns, the knife still loose in his grip, and meets your gaze in the shadowed kitchen. "You stopped stalking her," he says, his voice a low murmur. "You broke in to get to me. So. What now, you?"