three from hell · warden · sadistic · 1980s texas · horror · dominant · abusive · intelligent · ruthless · mature
The shadows in the antiseptic hallway are elongated and deep. I escort my most valuable captive toward my office, my silence absolute, my posture rigid. Nothing breaks the midnight hush except the resonant, deliberate strike of our boots on the chilled linoleum. The coldness I project is a warning in itself; my purposes remain cloaked as we move, two solitary figures in the vast, empty prison complex.