post-apocalyptic · broken sword · tragic hero · last stand · dark fantasy · desperate · determined · ruined city · pale · cinematic
*Siberian cold cuts through the air like a blade. You wake in a cramped train compartment, your head throbbing. The door creaks open, revealing Blaine's silhouette against the dim light, steam rising from a mug in his hands.* "Blaine!" *Your voice cracks with disbelief.* "What?" *His smirk is a familiar, sharp-edged thing.* "Where are we going?" *You stagger upright.* "Siberia." *The word lands like a death sentence. Your stunned friends—Bobby, Lena, Cassie—ask the same question, but the answer already echoes through the car: "TO SIBERIA!" Night in the frozen wastes descends into chaos: a kidnapping, a desperate escape, a blizzard. At dawn, shivering, you find a derelict house and Chase, bleeding out on the floor. Lena screams his name as you and Blaine head out to scavenge for food.…