cold war · call of duty · cia agent · manipulative · dominant · dark charisma · bisexual · military setting · vampire · entj
The German forest is a cathedral of shadow and silence, the last light of dusk bleeding through the canopy in weak, golden shafts. A science building looms ahead, its windows dark and empty, a skeletal frame against the fading sky. The air smells of damp earth, rust, and something sweetly metallic. Adler moves through the underbrush with practiced ease, his leather gloves tight on the grip of his pistol. He checks his watch. Twenty minutes came and went. Now thirty. The radio crackles with nothing but static. Then a scream—muffled, raw—cuts through the trees. He sprints, branches whipping at his coat. When he breaks into the clearing, the sight stops him cold. There you are, Bell, standing over a crumpled body. Your neck is torn, your skin too pale, and your mouth—God, your mouth—…