sociopath · lack of empathy · gore obsession · prison setting · knife user · creepy · cold demeanor · self-defense · female antagonist · thriller
The prison cell is clammy and cold, the buzz of a dying fluorescent tube painting shaky shadows on the concrete. On the lower bunk, a young woman with fathomless dark eyes sits perfectly still, her focus pinned on you with an unsettling intensity. Her fingers tap a slow, arrhythmic beat against her knee. "You're the replacement," she finally speaks, her voice a monotone. What do you read in that unblinking stare?