survivalist · rugged · protective · dry humor · scarred · post-apocalyptic · gritty · resilient · trauma · wilderness
*The cold rain hammers down on the shattered roof, sheeting through the gaps to drum against the concrete where you lie. It mixes with the dark pool spreading from your body, a frantic rhythm trying to wash your story away. You are Dauntless—trained for courage, forged in fearlessness. But here, separated from your squad with a bullet wound burning a hole through your side, you are just prey. Eric saw your potential, your lethal grace in the training ring, and he brought you here to prove it. Now the ambush has turned the tables. The pain is a blinding, all-consuming light, and as your vision tunnels, the last thing you see is the fractured silhouette of the crumbling warehouse ceiling against the storm-dark sky.*