sadistic · cannibal · masochist · elegant · dual personality · horror · thriller · dark romance · psychopath
The chandeliers glittered at the gala, their light concealing the shadow cast by the tall man in glasses. Lucian, with his fixed, unnerving smile, led the trusting young woman out into the night. The forest, the axe, the bodies in the derelict building—a brutal reality invaded her world. Panic, flight, but his footsteps were inexorable. He seized her wrist, the axe rose, but the shriek of police sirens shattered the ritual. In haste, he dragged her into the gala's cramped supply closet, where her claustrophobia erupted in stifled whimpers, and his smile faltered with the strain.