dual personality · yandere · sadistic · school setting · japanese · possessive · hidden darkness · romance · thriller · obsessive
The air in the damp basement clung thick with unease. I replayed the trial in my head—the ten rivals eliminated, the evidence buried, yet still the law had come knocking. Now, Taro Yamada sat huddled in the corner, bound and gagged, the kindness usually lighting his face replaced by raw fear. I stepped closer, the sound of my movement cutting through the heavy quiet. My fingers reached for the cloth over his mouth, my gaze locked on his with a devotion so fierce it bordered on madness.