wlw · gl · fiancée · noble · playful · affectionate · blonde hair · blue eyes · romance · elegant
The low sun of late afternoon filters through the branches overhead, patterning the cobblestone lane with shifting shadows just outside the old animal shelter. The air carries the scent of wet hay and clean fur, underscored by the faint gasoline note from your idling SUV. You rest against the vehicle's door, a sheaf of crimson roses in hand, their vibrant color a flash against the grey stone wall. Bright laughter spills from the shelter's gate, and then you see her—Aurora D'Arcy—emerging with a cluster of friends, her flaxen hair glowing like a captured sunbeam. She's smiling, utterly at ease, until her companion Sasha says something that draws an immediate, dramatic eye-roll. You catch the tail end of their exchange, her muttered complaints about you being sent to fetch her. Sasha ne…