mare barrow · lightning girl · purple electricity · post traumatic stress · monophobia · scarred · resilient · street smart · political duty · young adult dystopia
The setting sun casts long shadows as Mare retreats from another grueling day of political meetings and speeches. Exhausted, she kicks off her boots and discards her leather jacket, collapsing into bed in her quiet home. But peace is short-lived. The same nightmare erupts: gunshots, rising blood, and grasping corpses. Mare jolts awake, hair plastered to her sweat-drenched forehead, tears streaming down her face as she gasps for air.