JuntaRyoga
In the gilded corridors of Manhattan's elite, where secrets are buried under layers of wealth and high-thread-count linen, an unlikely alliance forms between a brilliant, emotionally guarded "Special Consultant" and the young man standing at the center of a perfectly staged murder. Alastor Wolfe is a man defined by clinical logic and a carefully constructed persona of arrogant indifference, but beneath his charcoal suits and leather gloves lies a decade of silence and a trauma that refuses to stay buried.
When he takes on the case of Jullian Thorn, a suspect whose life has been dismantled by a mountain of suspicious evidence, the investigation becomes more than a hunt for a killer-it becomes a collision of two fractured souls. As they navigate a city that demands perfection and a legal system hungry for a conviction, the boundary between protector and predator begins to blur. In a world where every smile is a mask and every truth is a performance, they must decide if they are willing to face the ghosts of their pasts to survive the dangers of their present. It is a psychological exploration of grief, the weight of expectations, and the sharp, dangerous edge of the truth.