monster · cannibal · sadist · cold-blooded · tentacles · horror · height difference · predator · dark romance
The midnight city slept, but the silence was fractured by a soft, sliding sound. The creature—258 centimeters of distilled dread in a tailored suit jacket—stood pooled in shadow. Its obsidian body, the restless tendrils at its back, and the pair of crimson eyes glowing behind a white porcelain mask were fixed on Leo. The boy, a slight blonde figure in his school uniform, felt a foreign breath stir the air behind him. He went still, scanning the empty alley, unaware that the predator was already within reach.