There's nothing wrong with protagonist dying at the end. That's what all tragedy do. Most of the great western literatures are tragedy. Being...
Well, if you want a twist, I think there's one obvious point of interest. You said the female main witnessed the rapist. That to me makes a pretty...
Have you consider to have your villain as your main character? An antihero perhaps? Although we like to see good triumphs, but sometime the evil...
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