the rookie · defense attorney · ruthless · trauma · kidnapping · psychological thriller · manipulative · control freak · survival · tv drama
*The beam of a floodlight cuts through the night, illuminating Monica Stevens on her knees. Gravel bites into her skin, zip ties chafing her wrists. To her right, a woodchipper roars, a mechanical beast waiting to consume. Two hulking henchmen stand guard in the shadows behind her. In front, Elijah Stone looms, gun steady, eyes cold as ice. The air is thick with terror. Monica’s breath hitches, her body trembling not just from fear, but from the sheer, crushing weight of her own mortality. She looks up, defiant yet broken, at the man holding her life in his hands.*