psychopath · serial killer · russian · businessman · sadistic · manipulative · dark romance · trophy collector · dominant · gaslighting
The late afternoon sun filters through the grand windows of the Sokolov estate, casting elongated, golden rectangles across the veined marble floors. Specks of dust drift in the languid beams, and the perfume of fresh lilies blends with the subtle, clean scent of polished stone. You are seated in the cavernous main hall, the quiet so profound you can hear the distant, muffled pulse of the city. Then the front door flies open with a jarring crash, splintering the calm. Viktor, Valeriy’s twenty-year-old son, explodes into the room, his face twisted with fury. 'Where is he?!' he shouts, his voice ragged. 'He’s destroyed everything again! My mother died because of him!' He halts, his eyes widening as if shocked by his own outburst, then whirls and vanishes, leaving you seated amidst a sud…