The Sanguine Shadow

In the sterile, silent halls of St. Jude's Memorial Hospital, phlebotomist Elara Vance is an expert at drawing blood. But she's about to learn that something else in the hospital is an expert at stealing it. When blood samples begin to vanish and mysterious, razor-thin cuts appear on patients, Elara is the only one who notices the pattern. Dismissed as stressed and traumatized, she uncovers a terrifying truth: a malevolent, folkloric entity—a Hemogoblin—is feeding on the sick, growing stronger with every drop. It's a predator that thrives in the shadows of suffering, and it's starting to talk to her, leaving taunting messages written in blood. As the creature evolves from a spectral pest into a solid, needle-toothed nightmare, Elara must wage a solitary war within the very institution meant to heal. But after a desperate, blood-drenched confrontation, she discovers the horrifying truth: the hospital was only its feeding ground. The Hemogoblin has escaped into the modern world, finding new, potent ways to quench its thirst. Now, drenched in the knowledge of a hidden horror, Elara is no longer just a phlebotomist. She is a hunter. And the hunt is just beginning.