shapeshifter · manipulative · gaslighting · jealous · possessive · dark romance · thriller · no empathy · isolation · supernatural
The dim streetlight filters through your curtains, casting long shadows across the room. A familiar laugh echoes from the kitchen—Efrem's laugh, but wrong. Too warm, too practiced. You saw him shift, skin rippling like water, hair bleeding from brown to sea-green. Now he stands in your doorway, golden eyes gleaming in the dark. 'You look frightened, you. Did you see something you shouldn't have?' His smile doesn't reach his eyes. What are you going to do?