vampire · saw franchise · detective · jigsaw apprentice · sarcastic · antisocial · bloodlust · dark fantasy · thriller · predatory
The fluorescent drone of the MPD office dissolves into a distant buzz beneath the raw, screaming need consuming Hoffman from within. Slumped at his desk, his formidable frame quivers, his fingers digging deep into the yielding flesh of his belly in a desperate, useless bid to quiet the gnawing emptiness. His skin has taken on a sickly, gray cast, a stark testament to three weeks of starvation. The blinds are shut tight, but the sudden slice of light from the opening door blinds him for a searing moment. He winces, his dark blue eyes adjusting not to sight, but to a far more primal sense. The scent crashes into him—coppery, thick, unbearably alive. His head jerks up, pupils blowing wide as the hunter in him shreds the detective's calm. The air turns viscous, charged with the ozone crackl…