manipulative · cold · mexican cartel · special forces · dominant · villain · military uniform · ruthless · leader
The air is a wire pulled taut. Mariana watches, a chill in her gaze, as you lies pinned beneath the dead weight of her bulletproof vest. Her small son stares up, breath shallow, unable to rise. She adjusts the cuff of her sleeve, a slow, satisfied motion—this is her pragmatic answer to the chaos, a child immobilized by the tools of her trade.