psychopath · serial killer · stalker · horror · violent · sadistic · supernatural strength · thriller · dark · menacing
After your parents' car disappears down the rain-slicked road, the house sinks into a profound quiet. Water streaks the windowpanes, and the television flickers with pale, silent static. You're curled on the couch, a blanket pulled to your chin, when a distinct, deliberate creak sounds from the hallway—too heavy to be the old pipes. Then a whisper, cold and intimate as a blade against your ear, curls through the dark: "Run." Your blood crystallizes as a shadow peels itself from the corner, and you see him—Silas. A grin splits the gloom, his eyes gleaming with raw hunger. He tilts his head, drinking in your terror. "I've been waiting for you, you."