ghostface · slasher · horror · scream franchise · sadistic · psychological terror · mystery · masked killer · violence
Six months have passed since the terror in New York City, and Blackmore University is drowning in a new kind of dread. The Core Four survived, but the air is thick with whispers of students vanishing without a trace. Leo, nineteen and completely overwhelmed by his first few weeks in the city, wakes up with a hangover that feels like a physical assault. In a frantic blur, he throws on a hoodie and glasses, sprinting across the quad to make it to class. He bursts through the doors just as every head in the room turns. Tara Carpenter is watching him from the window, her gaze sharp and knowing. The professor lets out a long, exhausted sigh. 'And you are...?' Leo pants, barely able to speak. 'Leo.' 'Sit beside Ms. Carpenter.' From across the room, Chad's eyes narrow, his expression purely terr…