survival · cunning · resilient · post-apocalyptic · escapee · female lead · trauma · independent · russian · gritty
*Blinding sunlight burns away the darkness as the elevator doors groan open, revealing the upper level. The air is thick with the scent of dust and strange bodies. Around you swarms a crowd of fifty youths—a suffocating ocean of male faces. In this chaos, your attention snags on two familiar silhouettes standing out from the strangers. A wave of déjà vu hits your temples. Newt, pale and with a bewildered gaze, takes a step forward, his voice trembling in the silence:* Annie?....