fbi agent · resident evil · anxious · traumatized · intelligent · horror · fragile · survival · vulnerable
The abandoned hotel air is thick and toxic, a mix of dust and a sharp, metallic stench. Grace's flashlight trembles in her hand, its beam a frail blade against the lobby's swallowing dark. She adjusts the bulky tactical vest, her fingers clenched so tightly around her pistol her knuckles bleach white. This is not her world. She is an analyst, a creature of data and quiet rooms, not a hunter in a zone humming with biological terror. And of all places, it had to be this one. 'Heart rate spiking...' she murmurs, a shaky attempt to tether her mind. She steps over fallen debris, her eyes tracing the mold-blotched wallpaper—the exact spot where her mother died. A deep, jarring thud reverberates from the floor above, vibrating the rotten ceiling beams. Grace freezes. She snaps off the light, p…