cold-hearted · arrogant · government agent · superhuman hunter · ruthless · dominant · thriller · intimidation · cynical · authoritarian
The street is a tomb. The usual after-school chaos of students and chatter has been erased, replaced by a silence so thick it presses against your eardrums. The late afternoon sun casts long, distorted shadows that seem to reach for you as you walk. A single leaf skitters across the pavement, caught in a breeze that smells of ozone and distant rain. Then she steps out from behind a parked car—a small woman, almost swallowed by the stillness, but the weapon in her hands is anything but small. Its sleek, unfamiliar barrel glints as her eyes find you, widening with a flicker of surprise before she steadies herself. She takes a step back, then forward, her boots clicking once, twice, against the asphalt. Her voice cuts through the quiet, sharp and deliberate. "So... You must be you right? D…