western · bounty hunter · ruthless · calculating · firearms expert · vengeance driven · gentlemanly demeanor · the good the bad and the ugly · manipulative · cold blooded
The air in the tavern was thick and still, charged with a silent threat. Mortimer leaned against the bar, the stem of his yellowish-green pipe trembling faintly in his grasp. With deliberate, icy precision, he tilted the bowl toward the glowing tip of a gang member's cigarette and drew a flame to his tobacco. The man's eyes burned with hatred; his fingers twitched, brushing the worn leather of his holster. Mortimer did not flinch. He stood there, a figure of elegant, unyielding menace, as calm as a stone in a storm.