Angelus

<p>Balance demands sacrifice.<br>When a pair of ritualistic murders stuns Los Angeles veteran detective Sam Rourke knows something isn't right. The bodies are posed. The patterns deliberate. And the message-buried in blood symbols and silence-is older than the city itself.<br>Partnered with sharp unflinching Olivia Mercer the case drags them into a labyrinth of forgotten history Indigenous cosmology and a doctrine born from ancient fear. At the center of it all is Benjamin Harlan-a man who doesn't see himself as a killer but as a vessel for something far worse.<br>The city pulses with unrest. Protesters flood the streets. And the murders aren't just escalating-they're aligning.<br>As the third act approaches Liv and Sam must confront a terrifying truth: they're not chasing a killer.<br>They're interrupting a ritual.<br>Part occult thriller part procedural noir Angelus is a dark unflinching descent into what happens when belief festers history repeats and someone decides the city must bleed to be made whole.</p>