The gloomy Gothic setting seems to pulsate with a life of its own, echoing the tortured memories that haunt its dormant premises. At the center of this disturbing tale stands a mortician named Jonathan Gray, a man whose very existence is threaded with grief and despair. Once a gentle soul with a love for the beauty of life, his experiences had slowly chipped away at his humanity, molding him into something eldritch and monstrous. Haunted by the memories of his late mother, a woman who had been both his muse and his sanctuary, Jonathan's heart is now an unyielding cavern filled with sorrow. Her beauty had been unparalleled, a radiant beacon that now trembles only in the depths of his mind, and in the absence of her love, he finds himself consumed by an obsession.

Driven by a desperate yearning to recreate the exquisite visage of his mother, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find the "one"—a woman whose features mirror hers, a ghost of a love long lost. This quest spirals into a macabre pursuit, as Jonathan believes that to preserve his mother’s beauty is to defy the relentless march of time and death. Each night, under the cloak of darkness, he scours the streets of the city, his heart racing with anticipation, searching for a living reflection of his lost memory. But as his desire morphs into a sinister longing, the mortician veers deeper into a twisted world fraught with terror. His heart grows cold and calculating as he commits a series of petrifying crimes, each more grotesque than the last. With each act, he feels the weight of his twisted artistry, believing he is honoring his mother by crafting a semblance of her everlasting beauty—a beauty that would transcend the grave.

In his feverish quest, Jonathan loses sight of the line that separates love from madness. As the bodies begin to pile up, the scent of death clinging to him like a shroud, and the darkness within him growing more profound. Each crime is a brushstroke, painting a portrait of grief and obsession, and as the echoes of his actions reverberate through the city, dread begins to sink into the very marrow, until he meets 'the one...'

A NOTE FROM AUTHOR-
This story is about reconciling with our inner demons and finding peace in the memories that linger from the past, even when it feels impossible to release them...

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