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Dexter: Anatomy of a Killer

Larry Luk is a brilliant, meticulous, and cold forensic expert whose mind operates like a precise machine, capable of unraveling the deepest secrets of a crime scene with unsettling ease. Despite his exceptional skills as a criminal profiler, abilities that could have secured him a place in the FBI, Larry made an inexplicable choice to join the Miami Metropolitan Police Department instead. His colleagues see him as a prodigy, someone whose deductive skills verge on the inhuman. But behind his impeccable professionalism lies a dangerous obsession: learning from the killers who always leave something behind. Larry does not seek justice. He feels no horror at the crimes he analyzes, nor indignation toward the murderers he pursues. On the contrary, he studies them with a disturbing fascination. Every case is a lesson, every mistake a clue to perfecting his own method. Because he doesn’t just analyze them… he begins to identify with them. However, something inside him holds him back. A trace of humanity clings to the remnants of a life he once had, to a family that someone he is searching for took away from him. Larry despises the world around him, a world where criminals don’t just destroy each other but drag the innocent down into their spiral of perversion and death. Why can’t he do the same? Why can’t he kill? "If we’re all going to die anyway, who would care if I dedicated my perfection to the art of murder?" As those around him fail to notice the signs, Larry follows an increasingly dark path. The line between justice and crime blurs, and the question is no longer if he will fall into darkness… but when. "I can be a god if I choose to..." And when that day comes, there will be no footprints. No traces. No Larry Luk. Only the perfect killer will remain. ... If you wish to support my work, your contribution on Patreon would be a great help. Patreon: SrCuervo It's not an obligation, but every support is very much appreciated and allows me to keep creating. Thanks hank you for considering it!
SrCuervo · 371.2k Views

Ash and Thorns: The Mirror Chronicles

Once, stories were written to save us — fairytales filled with hope, love, and happy endings. But something ancient crept between the lines. A darkness that watched from behind mirrors. It didn’t want heroes. It wanted order. It wanted control. In a kingdom once ruled by magic and tales, an unseen force rewrote the endings. The Mirror Network — a secret society buried in forgotten history — used enchanted mirrors to twist reality, control identities, and bend entire fates to their will. Every mirror placed in a royal chamber, every whisper that echoed through polished glass, was part of a long experiment: to erase the truth and build a world of obedience. Red never believed in stories. Dressed in her iconic crimson cloak, sharp-eyed and sharper-tongued, she arrived at the royal palace to escape a past she could barely remember. But fate had other plans. The night she stepped into the ballroom was the night the prince died — murdered before midnight, with Cinderella at the center of the scandal. As the fairytale crumbled, Red found herself caught in a puzzle far deeper than royal betrayal. Her investigation uncovered hidden corridors behind mirrors, a diary filled with erased names, and magic that made her question every version of truth she’d ever known. Cinderella’s charm, she discovered, was a facade — a product of the same curse that bound others before her. The Mirror Network had marked Red too. But unlike the others, Red could see the cracks. Her mind fought back. Her memories flickered like a broken reel, revealing glimpses of stolen children, rewritten love stories, and a mirror that always showed someone else’s reflection. Far beyond the castle walls, in a forgotten thorn-covered palace swallowed by sleep and silence, Aurora opened her eyes. A century had passed, though to her, it felt like moments. She remembered falling asleep, but not why. She remembered her name, but not her face. All that remained was the mirror. It stood untouched by time. Smooth. Cold. Watching. Aurora wandered the ruins of her life, searching for answers in shadows. The curse that once held her was no romantic spell — it was a lock. Her dreams hadn’t been dreams at all, but experiments — visions planted by the Mirror Network to overwrite who she was. Every time she resisted, they erased a little more. But the magic faltered when Red shattered her story. As Aurora unraveled the hidden carvings etched in her tower’s stone walls, she found a name. Red. The girl who broke the pattern. The girl who survived the Network’s web of lies. And in that name, Aurora found the first thread of her own truth. Now, two stories — once separated by time and distance — begin to converge. Red, hunted for what she’s uncovered, and Aurora, haunted by what she’s forgotten, must both confront the same question: who were they before the mirrors rewrote them? The Network is collapsing. The magic they’ve guarded is fracturing. The mirrors are leaking into the world, twisting reality with every reflection. Versions of Red and Aurora — darker, crueler, broken — begin to manifest, born of manipulated memory and fear. Red must return to the place where it all began. Aurora must enter the world she slept through. Both carry fragments of the mirror, and in those shards lies the key to destroying the Network. But nothing comes without sacrifice. The deeper they go, the more truth they see. And the truth is dangerous. The curse was never meant to be broken. It was meant to transform. Only together can they unwrite the story, reclaim their identities, and face the one mirror that has never been shattered — the Mirror of Origin. Because in this world, you don’t defeat monsters by fighting them. You defeat them by remembering who you were before the story began.
Moon_knight12 · 7.1k Views

Through the Darkness (A BL Love Story)

Luca has always been the embodiment of quiet ambition—a small, delicate figure caught in the whirlwind of academia, pouring his soul into his studies in the hopes of achieving greatness as an English major. Night after night, he sacrifices sleep, chasing perfection as he dreams of a future far beyond the mundane. His world is textbooks, essays, and the rhythmic hum of his lonely apartment. But one night, as Luca pores over his latest assignment, a bone-chilling crash shatters the stillness of the evening. Curiosity prickles at him, but dread pulls at his chest. He slowly approaches his door, peering out into the darkness of the hallway, only to be met with a horrifying sight—a towering figure, drenched in blood, his muscular form rippling beneath the dim lights. Clutched tightly in his hand is a gleaming knife, the metal catching the faint glow of the light. Frozen in terror, Luca watches as the man locks eyes with him—a sinister, predatory smile creeping across his face. Luca’s breath hitched as the terrifying image before him—the bloodied man holding a knife—seemed to blur in his vision. His mind struggled to process what he was seeing, but something else was happening. Without warning, his face flushed, warmth spreading across his skin, an intense heat rising up from deep within, his body reacting on its own. He couldn’t understand it, "Why am I feeling this way?" His lower body ached, a pressure building that was impossible to ignore. The terror should have been overwhelming, but instead, a twisted mixture of fear and desire flooded him, making him feel sick, yet turned to his core, "This isn’t right. This can’t be happening, why am I feeling so weird right now?" Will Luca be able to withstand the overwhelming feelings of attraction for this killer, or will he succumb to the magnetic pull of the predator who now controls his fate? Warning: Darker themes are applied such as sexual assault, gore, violence, abuse, psychological trauma, swearing, gay sex, etc.
Indigo_Moon_2666 · 809 Views

Ascension of the Dark Seraph

Crossers invaded the world and thrust Humanity into an interworld conflict. Humanity's instinct for survival was stimulated—rekindling the ancestral bloodline's legacy that lies dormant within them. Vampires, Elves, and even Demons were not mere figures of fantasy, but rather the true ancestors of Humanity in ages past. Thus, Hybrids were reintroduced to the world. Lucivar Asarafall, a man of humble origin—failed to awaken his bloodline. Despite his good deeds, his family loathed him. In his final trial, he swore to succeed, but fate intervened, and he was chosen as the monthly sacrifice for his city. In a near-death experience, his bloodline awakened, an Angel. A turning point in his life, but soon he realized that he was not the Angel he thought he was. In a world where the rulers were descendants of Dracula, the Dark Prince—or Chi Long, the Inferno King, the bloodline of malevolent beings from realms beyond mortal comprehension coursed through Lucivar's veins. While others became Hybrids, Lucivar became the messenger of Evil Gods, a False Angel. "Who cares about good or evil? If I kill someone wicked, it's a win, one less rival in my way. If I kill someone noble, it is still a win—the world would've consumed them sooner or later. So why not let it happen by my hand? After all, I'm more practical. I became stronger and you get a painless death, win-win" ——— Very manipulative and unhinged MC, be warned. He's a slave to the Evil Gods. A trickster God. An arrogant God. A chaotic God. A wrathful God. A puritanical God. Read to find who these Gods are! ——— 1 chapter per day (2,000~ words) Author Note: Not for those who want fast development from the start but if you want good characters, then this is your novel! Chapter 1 to 22 will be focused on the MC's descent to villainous but once it kicks off, you won't be disappointed!
Mrboogey13 · 384.1k Views