by athenascreations
Detective Tilia doesn’t get much sleep, but she gets results. When a mutilated body washes up on the beach at sunrise, she and her partner C.B. are pulled into a case that feels wrong from the moment they arrive. Too much blood. Too many footprints. Too many eyes watching. And the look on C.B.’s face tells her this isn’t just another murder. Something about this scene defies explanation—and whatever did it may not be finished.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 19 Oct 2026, 19:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 19 Oct 2026, 19:08 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 59% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 1% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
