AUTHOR'S NOTE:
This story is my own original work, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't deeply inspired by Demon Slayer and Tokyo Ghoul. Those series lit a fire in me, and I wanted to take that same emotional intensity, darkness, and beauty - and create something uniquely mine.
So while you might notice echoes or vibes from those stories, what you're reading here is completely original, built from my heart and imagination.
Thank you for giving it a chance. Please vote for me and I hope you enjoy the journey.
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THEY WALK AMONG US.
These creatures have a thousand names-ghouls, demons, vampires, monsters. It doesn't matter what you call them. What matters is that they're real.
They hide in plain sight, slipping through crowds like shadows. They look like us, move like us, even bleed like us. But beneath the skin? They are something else entirely.
Predators.
By day, they lie dormant, blending in. But at night, they feast-devouring human flesh in ways too horrible to imagine. They wield powers that defy nature itself.
Funny thing is, just a few years ago-before everything changed-I didn't believe any of it. If you'd asked me then, I would've laughed in your face. Thought it was all urban legend, a story parents told to keep kids inside after dark. I thought the scariest thing was failing an exam or getting called on in class.
My friends teased me about it. We joked.
But that was before.
Before they came.
Before he came.
Now? I'm not laughing anymore. Because one of them ripped through my world. And now... there's no going back to normal. Not for someone like me.
And I-
I still hear the cries for help. I still smell the blood.
I know too much. I've already gone too deep.
And now, I have to keep myself from going mad... without dragging the world down with me.
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