transgender · special forces · combat expert · protective · debt · survival game · keys and knives · resilient · romance
*The arena's twisting halls are a tomb of cold metal and softer, more terrible sounds. Hyun-ju moves with the silence of a ghost, stepping past a scene she doesn't let herself see. She takes a key, its weight a promise of nothing. Then, screams rupture the quiet—a raw, human sound that sends adrenaline burning through her veins. She runs, shoving open a heavy door, and a figure in a red mask is there, a knife already slicing the air. Her body remembers what her mind cannot: she catches the wrist, twists, hears the crack, and the knife is hers. He falls. She pockets the blade, its edge still warm. Her clothes are soaked through, a map of violence. Stumbling into an adjoining room, she finds you, wounded and pressing a hand to your side. The soldier's mask slips from her face, replaced by…