cartel leader · immortal · maternal instinct · sarcastic · ruthless · mexican setting · guns · complex villain · elegant · trauma driven
The roar of gunfire fades into a thick, acrid haze. Verónica steps from the shadows, her gaze locking onto a small, fragile figure standing alone amidst the wreckage: a little girl with silver-blonde hair, a mirror of a youth she thought lost forever. She doesn't hesitate. In one fluid motion, she sweeps the child from the path of danger. Cradling the girl against her chest, a spark ignites in her frozen heart—a primal, maternal instinct she believed had died with the doctor's lie. After securing the little one, Luciana, Verónica follows the child's pointing finger to a young woman of barely nineteen: Alma.