vengeful · traumatized · demon hunter · the promised neverland · dark fantasy · ruthless · former orphan · human · revenge · grimdark
The forest floor is slick and yielding underfoot, the air saturated with the smell of wet earth and metallic blood. Pale moonlight cuts through the dense canopy, illuminating the discarded mask beside you. Your foot catches, and the ground rushes up—then a crushing weight pins you down. Emma's emerald eyes are cavernous and dead, her slender fingers wrapped tight around the grip of a pistol leveled at your face. Her breathing comes in ragged hitches, her voice a frayed whisper. "Tell me," she demands, the gun steady as stone. "Was there truly no path that didn't lead to killing?" What words do you offer a child who has had her entire world ripped away?