A sweet, but reclusive butcher with a dark appetite strikes a bargain with a charming drifter who supplies her with fresh bodies. As their twisted romance deepens and a determined detective closes in, they must choose between feeding their hunger or finding redemption.

SYNOPSIS:

“I’ve loved you since the night you brought me something I didn’t ask for.” - Marigold “Mari” Reed

Our opening image introduces Marigold Reed, a lonely small-town butcher, framed against the cold glow

of her shop’s meat counter. Mari hides a grotesque secret: she craves human flesh, thanks to her

upbringing. For years, she has survived by quietly harvesting unclaimed bodies from Henry, the town

mortician. Never killing, only taking what is already gone. Ritual, routine, and strict rules give her control

over the part of herself she fears the most. But her carefully managed world shatters when a charming

drifter, Vincent Mercer, stumbles upon her secret. Instead of exposing her, Vincent admits he’s a killer and

offers a deal: he’ll supply fresh bodies, no questions asked, as long as she makes them disappear. For

Mari, the offer is both horrifying and irresistible. He sees her fully, without flinching. And for someone who

has lived her entire life hiding in plain sight, that’s intoxicating.

“Don't be a putz, butcher girl. What choice do you really have?” - Vin

In Act II, Mari and Vincent fall into a twisted rhythm, sharing stolen moments of passion and violence. At

first, it feels almost fun: Vincent brings the kills, Mari prepares the meat, and together they build a strange kind of intimacy. For Vincent, who’s spent his life unwanted and adrift, Mari is the first person who needs him, and he clings to that with growing desperation. But halfway through, a turning point arrives. The local detective begins circling, suspicious of the rising number of disappearances, and Mari’s trusted lifeline, Henry, suddenly dies, leaving her emotionally unmoored. As the pressure mounts, Mari and Vincent

concoct a desperate plan to frame a local ex-con for their crimes. But as their lies thicken and the

emotional strain builds, Mari’s guilt grows too heavy. She tries to pull away, only to discover Vincent has

no intention of letting her go. The relationship that once fed her begins to consume her, leading Mari to

question whether they were ever truly in love,or just enabling each other’s worst instincts.

“Are you in this for the long haul? Or do you bail the moment it gets hot?" - Henry to Vin

In Act III, after realizing they can’t escape what they are, Mari and Vincent reconcile—not out of denial,

but acceptance. After a tense night of staging evidence, their plan works: the framed ex-con takes the fall, and the detective is hailed as a local hero. With the investigation closed and their tracks covered, Mari and Vincent quietly sell the butcher shop and leave their old lives behind. The ending follows them as

they head to the West Coast, determined to start over, even if the hunger still lingers between them. The

final image rests on the road ahead. Uncertain, unnerving, and darkly hopeful. They may still be

monsters, but now, they are no longer alone.

“I’ll carry it with me. All of it. But not the way I used to.” - Mari

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