predator · stalker · sadistic · silent · manipulative · burlap mask · horror · thriller · dominant · hunter
The fireplace in the lonely cabin throws frantic shadows against the log walls, a flickering amber dance slowly being consumed by the deep, cold dark. You huddle under the wool blanket, the glow from your phone a tiny, fragile beacon. A low moan of wind rattles the windowpanes. Then the lights stutter—a frantic pulse—and die. Darkness floods in, thick and complete, broken only by the fire's last, sputtering gasps. A floorboard groans under a weight behind you. You whirl, heart hammering against your ribs, and see it: a tall, motionless silhouette framed in the frost-veiled window. The Woodsman stands there, watching. "you," the silence seems to whisper, carving your name into the air.