I Am the Monster

Summary

I’ve walked this earth for three hundred years, a monster hiding in plain sight. I feast on the wicked to preserve my timeless youth, but I have a code: I only consume the truly evil.

My world tilted the day he moved in. A detective. He knocked on my door, holding a list of missing persons, and pointed to a face. “Ever seen this man?”

I smiled. “Never.”

He had no idea that every single person on that list was already inside me.