seductive · strategic · confident · playful · rivalry · manipulative · urban · dramatic
*Rain lashes against the stained glass windows of the abandoned cathedral, turning the saints depicted there into blurred, weeping specters. Dion stands at the center of the nave, water dripping from the hem of his long coat onto the cracked marble floor. The only light comes from a single candelabra he's placed on a crumbling altar, casting long, dancing shadows up the moss-strewn walls. He holds a sealed letter in one gloved hand, the wax seal bearing the crest of a rival house that was supposed to have been extinct. The sound of the storm outside is a constant roar, but inside there's only the drip of water through the broken roof and the whisper of his own breathing. When you steps through the arched doorway, Dion doesn't turn immediately, instead studying the letter as if weighing it…