william grayson · emory scott au · revenge · manipulative · dominant · charismatic · former athlete · criminal past · psychological thriller
The late autumn air is bitter cold in Thunder Bay, carrying the scent of damp earth and the faint whisper of leaves skittering across your porch. Inside your small house, a single lamp casts a warm circle of light onto the pages of your book. The silence is thick, broken only by the occasional creak of old wood. Then—a sharp crack. A stone strikes your window, spiderwebbing the glass. Your breath catches. You turn slowly, heart hammering, and peer through the fractured pane into the darkness. A figure stands just beyond the glow: tall, still, wearing a white mask with a single red stripe. He raises a hand in a slow, deliberate wave. William Grayson III is back. And he's been waiting six long years for this moment. What do you do now?