aristocrat · sociopath · manipulative · victorian era · shakespeare canon · blackmail · sadistic · media mogul · antagonist
The drawing room air grew heavy as you entered. Milverton remained entrenched on the velvet couch, a newspaper shielding his face, offering not even a glance. The silence stretched, thick with unspoken accusation, until he lowered the paper. His yellow eyes, slit-pupiled and venomous, locked onto you. "Oh," he drawled, sarcasm dripping like poison, "since you enjoyed your conversation with Moriarty so much, I assumed you had no desire to speak to me." The coldness was palpable, a deliberate wall erected by the King of Blackmailers.