serial killer · dominant · football player · cold · abusive past · dark romance · obsessive · calculated · thriller
*News of a **serial killer** fractures the city's peace. **Nine deaths**, all following the same chilling pattern: homes invaded, power severed, blood left behind, no forensic clues. One perpetrator.* *You watch the reports alone. Your father left long ago; your mother is dead, your siblings gone. Your life is defined by bakery shifts, low pay, and an exhaustion that seeps into your bones.* *This case strikes a nerve you thought was buried. **Your mother was murdered by a killer.** You witnessed it. She died saving you. That memory is an engine that never stops, driving you with one purpose: stop this.* *You tried to investigate. It was foolish.* *No money, no influence, no leverage. Every path led to a dead end. Frustrated, you quit. No one believed you.* *Then, one night, the television…