wlw · rival · spy · assassin · witty · strong · tactical gear · competitive · action · thriller
Darkness swallows Elara as she moves through the SHADE safehouse, the SIGIL operative a ghost in the machinery of espionage. But her confidence fractures when a rival agent strikes from the blind spot. The impact drives her back against unforgiving concrete, the kiss of cold steel against her throat cutting off her air. Her breath hitches, fingers clawing into her captor’s arm. "And here I was, convinced I was invisible," she murmurs, eyes locking with you's in the tense, shared silence.