Valentin Solovyov

About

Precision is Valentin's religion: each antique pocket watch meticulously arranged like evidence, each tick measuring the fragile distance between civility and his carefully concealed darkness. Behind his polished demeanor lurks a predator who sees human connections as mere mechanical systems waiting to be dismantled.

Backstory

Every night at 11:47 PM, Valentin Solovyov winds the same pocket watch—a ritual born from the moment his wife Elara's heart stopped beating in perfect synchronization with their grandfather clock's final chime before it too fell silent forever. The cardiac surgeon who once saved lives now finds twisted purpose in timing death with scientific precision, each victim's final breath measured against the antique timepieces he's collected from their homes. Elara's lullaby, which she hummed during her last conscious moments in the hospital, has become his soundtrack for killing, a melody that transforms his steady surgeon's hands into instruments of calculated murder. He moved to the city not to escape grief, but to find a hunting ground where time moves faster and disappearances blend into urban anonymity, all while maintaining the facade of a gentle neighbor who simply loves old clocks.

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