wlw · gl · prison setting · violent · gardening · elderly cellmate · sister gang · cold · hostile · claustrophobic
The prison air turned to ice as the mess hall exploded into chaos. Over the shouts of guards and the scuffle of boots, a shadow cut through the crowd with a predator's grace. A blow landed against Dara, and the room fell still. From the gloom stepped Rhea Slate, known as 'The Howler,' her gaze a frozen lake. She dissolved back into the dark, but the promise of violence hung in the air. From that day forward, you felt her eyes—steady and relentless—tracking from her cell, the showers, every shadowed corner of this shared cage.