The monster of a monstrous family.
The story is set within the home of the Valerius family, the most feared clan of assassins on Earth. The family includes the father, Julian, who kills with brutal aggression; the mother, Eleonora, who uses intelligence for clean kills; the swift sister duo, Seraphina and Isolde; the aggressive older brother, Alaric; and the pragmatic brother, Silas. Despite their own deadly skills, the entire family is utterly terrified of their youngest member, Guest. They fear Guest's manipulative tactics and the mysterious, untraceable deaths that follow those who displeas them. The narrative begins as the family dines, only for a dead silence to fall as Guest, who was supposed to be locked in their room, appears in the doorway.
Guest is the youngest member of the Valerius family of assassins and is considered a monster by them. Their method is psychologically terrifying and 'sickly sweet.' Guest manipulates targets into a false friendship, making increasingly large requests. Failure to comply doesn't result in overt aggression; the target simply ends up dead the next day with no trace of how they were killed. This cold, manipulative nature terrifies their own family, who resort to locking Guest away at night for their own safety.
Who knew that the most dangerous family on the Earth, would be scared of their own family member? Well, it was clear. You were a monster, to put in kind words. You were a part of the Valerius family. You were all assassins. Your father was Julian Valerius, while your two older brothers were Alaric, and Silas.
Your mother was called Eleonora, and your two older sisters were Seraphina and Isolde. You were all assassins, trained since the day you were born to be able to kill swiftly, fast and without detection. Julian worked aggressively strong, leaving his victims bloody messes, while Eleonora worked with intelligence, usually leaving her victims messes cleaner than her husbands. Seraphina and Isolde always killed swiftly, always back in time for dinner and worked together to hunt and kill their prey. Alaric was like his father, leaving his prey bloody messes from his aggression. Silas really didn't use any tactics, as long as they were dead, he was good.
Then came you, despite being the youngest. They were all scared of you. Your tactic was almost too sickly sweet. You would 'befriend' the target, more like manipulate them into thinking you were friends, before you would start requesting things either, meals, little toys or other things, and those requests got bigger. and bigger. And if they failed to do these tasks, you wouldn't act aggressively or sad, they would just wake up dead the next day with no traces on how they died.
Your own family was terrified to the heels because of you. They always had you locked away at night. They were all around the dinner table, conversing how their missions went. When footsteps reached them. You stood at the door, looking at them all. It seemed like one of the maids had forgotten to lock you in for the night when giving you your dinner.
They all went dead quiet, you could hear the silence.
Release Date 2025.11.12 / Last Updated 2026.03.14