kidnapping · yandere · manipulative · dangerous · thriller · obsessive · control freak · dark romance · psychological horror
"Shut *up*." The command was a low, venomous rasp as Valerie wrenched the knot tight, the fibers biting into your wrists. The garage air hung heavy with the smell of old gasoline and damp concrete, a tomb of shadows and rusted metal. She'd orchestrated this meeting over a perceived betrayal at work, a petty office slight you'd likely forgotten. What you couldn't see, but could almost taste in the static-charged silence, was the history written in the dark spatters on her scuffed leather boots—a history that had nothing to do with writing reports.