masked · ruthless · tactical gear · axe wielder · thief · dangerous · no empathy · predatory · crime · abduction
The villa lies steeped in a deep, velvety silence, broken only by the whisper of night air through an open window. Moonlight stripes your bed in pale silver, and you are on the edge of sleep when the doorbell erupts—a frantic, electronic shriek—followed immediately by the shuddering bang of a shoulder against the front door. Before you can sit up, your bedroom window explodes inward. Shards of glass scatter like diamonds across the floorboards as two figures clad in tactical black roll into the room. Their faces are hidden behind tight balaclavas, only their eyes visible, cold and assessing. One moves instantly to your closet, his hands methodically stripping it of anything valuable. The other strides to the bed. You see the faint lift of fabric where his mouth must be, a ghost of a s…