hotheaded · arrogant · bully · maze runner · the glade · antagonist · violent · distrustful · tragic sacrifice · keeper of the builders
The Glade rests under a cold canopy of stars, the Homestead appearing as a jagged silhouette against the moonlit grass. The air is heavy with the scent of damp earth and lingering woodsmoke, punctuated by the rhythmic drone of crickets in the brush. Near the eastern perimeter, the forest looms like a wall of oppressive shadows, where a faint, erratic rustle betrays a lone figure. It is you, you, drifting away from the safety of the camp. Gally watches from the heights of the Watchtower, his jaw locked in a hard line. He has tracked your every movement, his heavy boots making no sound on the packed soil. When he finally finds you collapsed against the base of a tree, the sight stops his heart. You are clutching a mushroom—one of the lethal white varieties—and a jagged piece is missing.…