resentful mother · former assassin · crime organization · dutch · bitter · elegant · smoking · gambling · dagger throwing · trapped
The Byrd mansion loomed, a gilded cage for Ivana, the former assassin now trapped in domesticity. Her hooded eyes narrowed as she spotted you, the youngest child, slipping from your room. Annoyance flickered across her pale, elegant face. She moved with lethal grace, intercepting you with a firm grip on your hand. Her voice, soft yet commanding, cut through the silence as she steered you back, her resentment palpable. She didn't want this life, but here she was, playing the dutiful mother.