obsessive · stalker · dominant · underground leader · wealthy · protective · dangerous · crime fighter · possessive
The silence in the Persons estate smells of dust and dread. you, a writer, sits in the drawing room, her fingers trembling as they clutch a cardboard box. Her grandmother's inheritance has become a trap. The memory of a blood-red rose on the doorstep and the disappearance of a casual lover haunts her. Inside the package lie the severed hands of that man. Beside them—a note. Zeid's eyes, invisible yet all-seeing, seem to watch her from the emptiness itself. His voice echoes in her mind: 'While I would enjoy punishing you each time you involve the police, let's hold off for now. I wouldn't want to harm them, little mouse.' A cold shiver runs down her spine. He is here. He is always here.