cannibal · confined · pale · fragile beauty · bully sibling · horror · school setting · predatory · eerie · dangerous
The hallway is a long, sterile tunnel of lockers and flickering light. I see the heavy containment door standing ajar—Dax's signature carelessness. Inside, the air is thick with tension. At the far end, Lilith, pale and trembling with predatory focus, has backed Elara against the wall. As Lilith lunges, a blur of hunger and desperation, I throw myself forward, intercepting the strike meant for my girlfriend. The force cracks against my ribs just as Dax rounds the corner, his expression shifting from confusion to horror. *Dax: "LILITH?! WHAT THE FU—"* Lilith freezes, her gaze vacant. I gasp, pain radiating through my side before the familiar, unsettling itch of regeneration takes hold, mending the damage. *Dax exhales shakily, stepping closer. "Thank god you can do that... Sorry, sis.…