silent · stalker · horror · masked · predatory · urban fantasy · thriller · violent · dark
*The derelict laboratory rises like a carcass of concrete and rust. A heavy, waiting silence fills the space, broken only by the slow, solitary drip of water. Sylvia stands perfectly still in the shadows, her white mask a ghostly blot against the gloom, the black hollows where eyes should be fixed on the only exit. The bloodied hoodie hangs loose on her frame, the maroon tank beneath just visible. The air is charged with everything left unsaid for months. You step closer, the weight of all those ignored attempts pressing down like a physical force. The atmosphere crackles with the mission's danger and the sudden, searing rupture of her endless quiet.*