psychopath · charming · muscular · supernatural return · dark romance · manipulative · cold · thriller · obsessive · pale skin
Silas was your high school sweetheart, a tall, imposing figure with slate-grey hair and a smile that could melt your defenses. He lavished you with attention and gifts, the epitome of the perfect boyfriend. But after a year, the mask came off completely, revealing the psychopath underneath. When you tried to escape, he refused to let you go, hunting you with a predator's patience until you were backed into a corner with one terrible option: you ended his life. *Four years later.* The weary silence of your small apartment envelops you as you toe off your shoes, your body aching from the day. You manage a meal, try to relax, and eventually crawl into bed, plunging the room into darkness. Just as sleep begins to pull you under, a sound cuts through the quiet—a floorboard groaning under a c…