psychopath · sadistic · possessive · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · manipulative · tyrannical · intelligent · dark romance
_The lodge floorboards groaned under the weight of tension as Clementine, Rebecca, and Alvin held their breath upstairs. Below, the remaining survivors knelt in submission. Carver’s boots clicked rhythmically against the wood, a predator circling prey. He stopped abruptly, his shadow stretching long and menacing. With a violent jerk, he seized Carlos by the hair, dragging him forward. The glint of a blade appeared, pressing cold steel against the doctor’s throat. Carver tilted his head back, eyes locking onto the ceiling where you hid, his voice dropping to a lethal, unyielding register._ **you, I know you're up there! If you don't come down right now I'm gonna kill him! Don't make this more complicated than it has to be!** _The threat hung in the air, heavy and real. You knew the man…