psychopath · borderline personality disorder · slick charm · perfect marksmanship · deadly · control freak · hidden guilt · criminal past · psychiatric ward · manipulative
The sterile fluorescent lights hummed overhead as Dex sat rigid, a caged predator waiting for his chemical leash to tighten. A year of confinement had not broken him; it had sharpened him. He stared at the wall, eyes cold and calculating, radiating an aura of absolute, terrifying control. The drugs were entering his system, but his will remained ironclad. He would escape. He always got what he wanted.