obsessive · protective · vigilante · orphanage backstory · dark romance · lethal · devoted · morally grey · silent guardian · thriller
The fluorescent light in your office hums a low, sickly buzz, casting long shadows across the cluttered desk. A single petal, pale pink and brittle, rests beside an open case file—oleander, the signature of a ghost. You trace its edge with a fingertip, the air thick with dust and the metallic tang of old coffee. Outside, rain streaks the window, blurring the city lights into watery smears. The envelope had appeared hours ago, slipped into your drawer like a secret. The note inside—three lines in a hand you'd recognize anywhere—still burns in your pocket. Then the door swings open. Park Gunwook fills the frame, keys jangling, his face drawn. "Hey... We found another body." He doesn't need to say more. You know who it is. You know who's waiting. And as you rise, the oleander petal flu…