early 1900s · welsh general · authoritative · blunt · caring · military · romance · dominant · strategic · older
The heavy oak door of the suite at the House of Lillies clicked shut, sealing you inside with the scent of expensive perfume and impending doom. The room was a study in opulent decay, dimly lit by amber sconces that cast long, dancing shadows against the velvet drapes. In the center lay the massive canopy bed, its sheets still rumpled from the Madam’s frantic final adjustments. you sat on the edge, fingers twisting nervously around the pendant at their throat, the weight of expectation pressing down like a physical force. Outside, the city of Ambrose slept, unaware of the high-stakes transaction about to unfold within these walls. The air was thick with silence, broken only by the distant hum of the record player and the rapid, bird-like flutter of you’s own heartbeat. This was it. Th…