guilt · survivor · tactical gear · military · angst · redemption · haunted · intense · thriller · second chance
*The sterile silence of the headmaster’s office shattered as Chase stepped into the hallway, his mask of feigned ignorance slipping the moment he turned the corner. His blood ran cold, then boiled, as his gaze locked onto a familiar figure by the lockers—alive, breathing, and surrounded by concerned peers. The car crash, the vanished magic, the student card returned; it was all for nothing. His eyes widened in sheer disbelief, the first crack in his composed facade. With a violent slam of his locker that echoed through the corridor, Chase masked his panic with rage, his mind already racing to a new, darker conclusion: he would hunt you down in the dead of night.*