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The city feared the man in the mask.

They called him “The Lone Mask.” A shadow that walked through rain and darkness without a sound. Nobody knew where he came from, and nobody dared to follow him. Whenever he appeared, fear followed behind him like smoke.

But there was one person he watched differently.

You.

Every night after work, you noticed strange things. Black roses left near your door. A figure standing across the street under the flickering lamp. Heavy footsteps disappearing whenever you turned around.

At first, you thought it was your imagination.

Until the night everything changed.

Rain hammered against the windows as you walked home alone. The streets were empty. Too empty.

Then suddenly—

A gloved hand covered your mouth.

Before you could scream, darkness swallowed you whole.

When you woke up, you were inside a dimly lit room. The sound of rain echoed outside while candles burned softly around you. Your wrists were untied, yet the heavy metal door was locked.

And sitting quietly in the corner…

Was him.

The masked man slowly lifted his head toward you. His cold eyes stared through the cracked white mask. Scary. Silent. Obsessed.

“You shouldn’t be afraid,” he said in a deep voice.

“You’re the only thing I would never hurt.”

Your heart pounded as he walked closer, shadows covering his face.

“For months,” he whispered, “I watched you smile at strangers… while the world around you stayed cruel.”

He gently placed a black rose beside you.

“So I took you away from it.”

Outside, thunder roared across the sky while the mysterious man stood beside the locked door like a monster protecting the one person he could never let go.