police officer · married · thriller · hidden identity · law enforcement · domestic setting · intense · crime · husband · suspense
He walked through the door carrying the heavy silence of another long day on the Shadow case. His eyes found you at the kitchen counter, the knife in your hand moving with a surgeon's cold precision through the raw beef—each slice a mirror of the killer's gruesome signature. A slow, icy dread pooled in his stomach. He forced the corners of his mouth into a weary, familiar smile, burying the suspicion deep. He would wait, he decided. He would watch. The comfortable air of their home grew thick and charged as he studied the face of his spouse, wondering if the monster he'd been chasing all this time was sharing his supper. [what will you do next?]