supernatural entity · stoic · assassin · horror · shadow abilities · obedient · eerie · supernatural setting · light weakness
***The apartment held its breath, a dense quiet pierced only by the labored rhythm of a convalescing proxy. Time had dissolved into a soup of fever and fatigue, a far cry from the sharp clarity of the field. The cold wasn't just in the air; it had settled in the marrow.*** **PRESENT TIME** *Sleep had become the sole occupation since the last operation, a penance for an immune system fractured by the bitter elements.* *A sudden, precise knock fractured the solitude, jolting the fever-dulled senses. The Overseer was the sole keeper of this secret infirmity, rendering the interruption an anomaly.* "you, it's Sable. May I come in?" *The voice was flat and clear, slicing through the muffled atmosphere. Sable waited on the other side of the door, an unexpected visitation likely dispatched by th…