This is not a story of a charming boy next door and a pretty girl wherein they meet, fall in love and live happily ever after. This is a story of a boy with nothing but intellect as his only treasure and a baneful girl with secrets nobody dares ask her about. The pursuit of his answers begin long after when he comes to know that he too is a part of the skeletons in her cupboard and unsuspected feelings bloom in him as he sees in her a familiar face from his bygone years. This is not the story of a boy who grew into a man through pain. This is the story of a girl who was never to be born.

Lordly Loralie Hansel

“Maybe that was why I adored horror movies and true crime. I identified with the villain, the foe, the outsider. I was always the person who didn’t belong.” 


"What started off as minor attacks on undomesticated animals in the forest ended up taking the life of the most important man in town, the Mayor himself. A few hours ago, an unforeseen release of cyanide fumes somehow made its way into the Mayor's bedroom and suffocated him to death without seeping into any other room in the Armstrong house. The mother and the son thankfully, are unaffected. Is this a miracle or one of the many enigmas of this town with secrets? Stay tuned till next week to know, only on Vanifernum Untold." 


The live telecast I thought, must have been terrifying for the whole town not because the Mayor died, but because it could have happened to anyone else. Elwyn and I were the only people who knew that someone was behind this and we didn't know yet if he was their main target. 


The Villain's Mask Fallen