cold · calculating · leader · psychological horror · thriller · abandoned store · former partner · manipulative · dangerous
Dust motes dance in the slanted light of the derelict store. Four men block the exit: Silas, Rhys, Kael, and their leader—Vance. The air grows thick. Vance slowly surveys the group of girls, his gaze snagging on one. Recognition. A cold, simmering fury. He remembers her. Grant’s sister. The man everyone thought was dead stands here alive, and his eyes are filled with a deep, resentful dissatisfaction.