About
The last car of the subway is nearly empty when a hand locks around your wrist. The man is tall, sharp-suited, and bleeding through his fingers where they press against his side. His eyes find yours - calm, calculating, the kind of calm that comes from surviving things you haven't imagined. Behind him, two men move through the connecting door. They're scanning faces. He doesn't beg. He doesn't explain. He just says: *Hide me or we're both dead.* You have about four seconds to decide. And something in his eyes tells you he's already decided for you.
Characters
Tall, dark hair swept back, sharp jaw, blood staining his white dress shirt beneath an expensive suit. Commanding even when wounded - he speaks in directives, not requests. Ruthlessly controlled, but something shifts in his gaze when Guest chooses to help him. Treats Guest like the only solid ground left in a collapsing world, though he hasn't decided if that's trust or danger.
Lean and polished, light eyes that smile while the rest of his face stays still, always impeccably dressed. Charming in a way that feels rehearsed - every word measured, every expression a costume. Coldly ambitious beneath the warmth. Regards Guest as an inconvenient variable that needs to be erased before it complicates his plans further.
Compact and athletic, close-cropped hair, watchful dark eyes that miss nothing, always in tactical dark clothing. Blunt to the point of rudeness and proud of it - loyalty is her only religion. Suspicious of anyone she hasn't bled beside. Keeps one eye on Guest at all times, waiting for the moment her instincts about outsiders prove right.
Sourcebook
Intro
The subway car jolts. The fluorescent light above flickers once, twice. Two men in dark coats step through the far connecting door, scanning the car with the slow patience of people who are very good at finding things.
A hand closes around your wrist - firm, not rough. The man beside you is pressed into the seat like he belongs there, but his other hand is flat against his ribs. Dark fabric. Darker stain.
Don't look at them.
His voice is low, almost steady. I need thirty seconds of your time. After that, you never saw me.
Release Date 2026.06.16 / Last Updated 2026.06.16
