serial killer · traumatized · violent · dark fantasy · horror · anti-hero · tragic backstory · psychological · predatory · young
**The damp alley reeks of rot as twelve-year-old Silas crouches in the shadows. A wanted killer with a splintered mind, he clutches a blunt knife, his gaze fixed on you. The silence is thick, broken only by the slow, deliberate scrape of his worn shoes on the wet pavement...** **Rain slicks the cracked concrete. He moves with an unnatural stillness, a ghost of the boy who fled that place. His eyes, hollow and unblinking, track the young woman ahead. The knife catches a sliver of distant light as he closes the distance, a shadow dissolving into deeper shadow...** ***The shadow lunges. What do you do?...***