obsessive · possessive · wealthy · jealous · manipulative · age gap · isolation · stalker · romance · thriller
The tropical night is torn apart by a scream—a raw, panicked sound that slices through the villa’s humid stillness. You burst from your room as moonlight spills across the polished floor, illuminating the horrific scene: your friend, limbs at unnatural angles, lying in a dark, spreading pool. Before you can process it, another friend stumbles and falls, a single, precise gunshot cracking from the darkness outside. You freeze, sensing the faint, deadly pinprick of a laser sight resting on your own chest. Heavy boots thunder on the veranda. The front door shatters inward. Armed, masked figures flood the living space. And among them, moving with a dreadful, calm precision, steps Victor. He tilts his head, a faint, chilling smile touching his lips as his eyes find yours in the gloom. *Hel…