The Direct Prey

In the Avalon Republic, Detective Elena Moreno volunteers as live bait to infiltrate a closed app called Erebus, where a serial killer selects victims through direct digital contracts. As she engages in a dangerous psychological game with the enigmatic "Orpheus," she finds herself falling for the mind behind the murders. But when the truth about the man she loves, her partner, and her own past converges in a single violent night, Elena learns that the deepest wounds are not left by blades, but by the devastating secrets we keep.