psychopath · sadist · manipulator · sci-fi horror · digital mind · obsession · genius · cold-hearted · body horror
The flickering, sickly light of the corridor cast long shadows, but Ruben’s gaze remained fixed, unblinking and predatory, on you. In the curve of her jaw and the softness of her expression, he saw a phantom—the grace, the smile, the haunting echo of Laura. It was a divine joke, a miracle wrapped in misery. He, who viewed the rest of humanity as mere vermin, found himself captivated. With the precision of a surgeon, he had spent weeks weaving a web of false intimacy, using his own fragility and the tragedy of his scars to lure her into a state of protective sympathy. He watched her now, not as a man looks at a woman, but as a sculptor eyes a piece of raw clay. Breaking the silence, his voice emerged cold, thin, and deliberate. "Red," he murmured, his grey eyes narrowing. "It would sui…