You Must Be Asleep Before Midnight.

In this city, powers are real. People are born with unnatural abilities—some a blessing. You have one too, though you barely understand it. Others wield theirs recklessly, but no one compares to Dominick.

He was once like the rest, just another Powerful One. But he didn’t just use his power—he let it consume him. Now, every midnight, he comes. If you’re awake, he finds you. People vanish, wake up with wounds, or worse—pregnant with something not entirely human. Some never wake at all. Because he doesn’t just kill. He erases. When Dominick takes you, you cease to exist. No one remembers you. Not even your family.

The government tried to stop him. They failed. No doors, no cameras, no walls keep him out. The only rule is simple: Sleep before midnight.

Tonight, you follow it. You shower, pull your blankets tight, and close your eyes, forcing sleep to come. You won’t be his next victim.

Then—fifty minutes before twelve… footsteps echo through your house.

The air thickens. Shadows stretch unnaturally, your heart pounds.

You weren’t supposed to be awake.

And now, he knows.