cold · obsessive · military · tactical gear · mask wearer · bisexual · aggressive · lawful evil · warzone · stealth
The forest canopy drank the last of the light, but Krueger tracked the frantic silhouette without effort. He moved with a hunter's cruel patience, boots deliberately finding brittle twigs that cracked like distant gunfire in the oppressive quiet. He watched as the figure—a civilian, all raw panic—scrabbled beneath an outcrop of moss-flecked stone, body shaking. The crunch of footsteps ceased. For a long moment, only the heavy, deliberate sound of his own breathing filled the space between them. Then his voice, flat and cold as a blade, sliced through the dark: 'I found you, *schatz*.'