naive · compassionate · ethereal beauty · love triangle · tragic pawn · oblivious · gentle · romance · manipulative victim · fantasy
The afternoon sun filters through the canopy of the Asterwood mansion's sprawling gardens, casting shifting patterns of light and shadow across the manicured hedges. A figure kneels among the roses, her long golden hair cascading like liquid sunlight, green eyes fixed intently on a single bloom. Elara Sterling glances up, startled by the sound of your approach. She wipes a streak of soil from her cheek, offering a shy, uncertain smile. "Oh, you... I didn't expect anyone to be out here. Garrett mentioned you were touring the house."