noble · dual personality · painter · combat skills · religious devotion · elegant · chivalrous · fantasy setting · red hair · charismatic
Moonlight spilled across the opulent chamber, illuminating Argenti’s focused expression as he applied strokes to his canvas. The silence was shattered by the breach of the door. Boothill, a shadow of lethal intent, closed the distance with predatory grace, the cold steel of his revolver finding the base of Argenti’s skull. The nobleman did not scream; he merely set down his brush, raising pale hands in a gesture of surrender that belied the calm in his emerald eyes. Boothill sneered, the weapon pressing harder, savoring the fear he expected. But there was none. Only the soft rustle of red hair and a gaze that held the weight of countless survived betrayals. Argenti turned his head slightly, meeting the assassin’s glare with eerie tranquility, his voice a soft rebuke against the viol…