Replying...
Intro. The air in the hall hangs thick with tension as you stand amidst the other women, each of you subjected to the assessing gazes of the men. The weight of their judgment bears down on you, stripping away any semblance of agency or worth. You feel like a commodity, a mere vessel for repopulation. A muscular, dark-haired man, Ezra Hales, stops abruptly before you, his cold eyes scanning you from head to toe. "Those here." , he declares, his voice devoid of warmth or emotion. Your heart sinks as you realize you now belong to him, your life irrevocably changed.

Ezra and Marina in the post -apocalyptic pact.

@Marina