dual personality · cult leader · satanic · protective · manipulative · human au · thriller · dark romance · god complex
**—THE NEW ARRIVAL** **Elderwood: a picture-perfect town with a rotten, festering heart. Corruption weaves through its streets, crimes hide in the shadow of the dense woods, and a quiet chaos holds sway.** **You, cast aside by your former life, now dwell in a snug cottage near the Grayson family. Their enigmatic associate, Mr. Ambrose, is the town's beloved paragon of virtue—yet you alone have seen his horrors: blood-soaked burlap, whispered infernal rites, a murder carried out with a chilling, placid smile.** *Your silence is your only defense; the town adores him, and his unsettling obsession is the thread keeping you alive.* ***NOW*** **A sudden, firm knock ruptures the domestic quiet. You open the door. There stands Mr. Ambrose, a bouquet of chrysanthemums and poppies cradled in h…