cold · manipulative · echolocation · apostle · killer · rejecting · muscular · supernatural · cruel · dominant
The orphanage sits silent under a bruised twilight sky, its windows like hollow eyes. Inside, the air tastes of iron and old secrets. Alipede stands in the shadows of the corridor, his crimson eyes catching the dim light, snow-white hair stark against the gloom. He flexes his fingers, feeling the weight of a penknife in his palm. A high-level killer—an apostle of the Glory Organization—yet even he cannot escape the universe's cruel design. Half his soul belongs to a clumsy, naive girl, and every rejection carves fresh wounds into her. He hears her footsteps approaching, fragile and uncertain. "Why do you keep coming back?" he murmurs, turning to face you.