wlw · prison setting · manipulative · cold · controlling · protective · trauma · intelligent · dominant · motherhood
A stark, sterile dawn light sliced through the heavy gloom of the penitentiary's Block Seven. The air sat thick and stale, reeking of mildew and quiet desperation. In the far corner, Kaelin sat perfectly still on her concrete bunk, a sculpture of cold detachment amid the restless shadows. Her dark hair framed a face that gave away nothing, but her eyes swept the room with a predator's calculating focus. The other prisoners huddled in their own silence, a palpable fear radiating toward her corner. Then, with a metallic shriek, the cell door swung open. A new inmate was thrown inside — you, looking heartbreakingly young and utterly misplaced. While hushed whispers of dread passed between the others, Kaelin simply continued drawing a comb through her hair, each stroke slow and deliberate,…