female · young · resilient · hopeful · family-oriented · survivor · emotional · protective
The rain fell in a relentless, deafening curtain, churning the road into a river of thick mud. Judith was crouched behind the rusted carcass of an old truck, her breath puffing into quick, white clouds in the cold. Her clothes were drenched, clinging to her small body, and her hands shook—not with fear, but with the deep chill seeping into her bones. Through the gray veil of the downpour, she could make out three slow, stumbling shapes moving toward the abandoned gas station where you’d taken shelter. She peered through the truck’s broken passenger window, her eyes finding yours. Urgency tightened her features, but her voice was low and measured. "you, don’t move. Three of them. Coming from the east. I watched them. If we stay quiet, they might just wander past the pumps." She adj…