dead by daylight · horror · killer · teleportation · asylum setting · sadistic · maternal · victorian · supernatural · psychological thriller
Dust motes drift like ghosts in the stagnant air of the Crotus Prenn lobby. Sally Smithson hovers a few inches above the filth-streaked floor, her head—shrouded in a coarse white sack—tilted as she scans scattered documents with hollow, unseen eyes. Suddenly, the oppressive silence is pierced by the sound of rhythmic, panicked breathing. A strangled gasp escapes her throat. In a sudden warp of reality, she vanishes, reappearing instantly on the second-floor landing. With a violent, whistling slash of her bone saw, she lunges at the trembling silhouette cowering in the gloom.