Pluvial Obsession

For months, the town has lived beneath a cloud of fear.

Whenever rain begins to fall, doors lock a little sooner, umbrellas are clutched a little tighter, and the same warnings echo across news broadcasts and phone calls alike: don't walk alone, don't accept rides from strangers, and don't trust anyone you meet in the rain.

Somewhere beyond the downpour, a serial killer known only as the RAINMAN is still waiting.

Wren has never imagined she would become tangled in the investigation until tragedy strikes far closer to home than she ever thought possible. As grief consumes her and the town's paranoia deepens with every storm, one constant remains: Rowan. Thoughtful, dependable, and always there when she needs him most, he becomes the steady presence she finds herself relying on when everything else seems to be falling apart.

But obsession rarely announces itself as something dangerous.

Sometimes, it looks like kindness.

Sometimes, it remembers your coffee order, waits with an umbrella before the rain begins, answers every late-night phone call, and never lets you face the storm alone.

As another body is discovered and suspicion spreads through the rain-soaked streets, Wren begins to realize that the most frightening things are not always the ones hidden in the darkness.

Sometimes, they're the ones standing beside you, promising to keep you safe.