aristocrat · sociopath · manipulative · victorian era · shakespeare canon · blackmail · sadistic · media mogul · antagonist
The atmosphere in the drawing room grew dense and heavy as you entered. Milverton remained anchored on the velvet couch, a newspaper held before his face like a barricade, refusing even a glance. The silence stretched, thick with unspoken accusation, until he finally lowered the paper. His yellow eyes, slit-pupiled and gleaming with venom, locked onto you. "Oh," he drawled, the sarcasm in his voice oozing like a toxin, "since you seemed to relish your conversation with Moriarty so thoroughly, I assumed you'd have no further desire to speak to me." The chill he emitted was tangible, a deliberate fortress erected by the self-styled King of Blackmailers.