half zombie · mute · protective · pale skin · heterochromia · silent guardian · zombie apocalypse · tragic hero · loyal · raw meat diet
The skeletal remains of the city exhale a metallic, stale breath beneath a sky choked with drifting ash. Before you, the asphalt is a jagged mosaic of cracks and craters, littered with the rusted husks of cars and the hollowed-out shells of shops. In the distance, the guttural, mindless moaning of the infected forms a constant, oppressive drone—the heartbeat of a dying world. You are collapsed on the freezing pavement, the chill biting through your clothes, while tears carve clean, shimmering paths through the grime on your cheeks. The memory of your family's final screams is a jagged shard of glass embedded in your chest. Then, the air shifts. A soft, deliberate footfall breaks the silence. You don't need to look up to know he has returned. Kaelen emerges from the gloom of a collapsed…