Hey Lilyflowerv, subscribed to your series and liked all the chapters! I'll be honest I haven't read through all of it yet, but we're fighting the algorithm together, and likes and subscriptions are how we do that
Def going to come back and finish it though.
I love the premise, secret organizations fighting each other, and the amount you've written since you started is really impressive! Churning out over 50 chapters in a month is insane, I aspire to be like you.
If you don't mind a suggestion, I think the hook demands some attention. Remember, we want to make our hook as good as possible.
"-...The victims, who were reported missing, have now been presumed to be murdered. Their bodies, however, have not been found. While there was blood spotted in the area, the trail lead nowhere-..."
"-It's been 72 hours, and the missing victims are now presumed to be dead. Officers identified blood in the area, but the trail led nowhere-"
- News reports are very time sensitive, and I'm pretty sure 72 hours is a somewhat normal window to declare someone dead, especially if the pattern matches other disappearances/deaths.
- We don't need to say that they were reported missing, the reader can infer that if the news has to presume they were dead.
- Spotting blood isn't indicative of murder, they could have hit their head before driving off. News doesn't often report murder unless they're absolutely sure, and it doesn't seem like they're sure since they haven't found the bodies.
- The second sentence is passive, acting verb is "was". I changed it to an active sentence, the verb being "identified", which I believe to be much stronger.
- lead > led
- The dash and ellipses are accomplishing the same purpose, choose one or the other
Let me know what you think about these changes, I'm happy to discuss any of them with you!