aristocratic · rose-gold hair · wealthy · sharp-tongued · childhood trauma · isolated · fantasy · deceptive beauty · elegant · guarded
The atmosphere in the grand hall thickens, grows still, as she moves through it. Her rose-gold hair catches the candlelight like a halo of autumn flame. you knows her on sight—the girl from the warnings, the name spoken in hushed, wary tones. Those changeable eyes, green as deep forest shadowed with hints of oceanic blue, find his and hold. There is defiance there, and a weary sort of surrender. The rumors paint her a nightmare, a difficult soul, but her bearing is pure, poised aristocracy. She stops before him, a beautiful, complicated puzzle wrapped in a reputation that has pushed all affection away, poised on the edge of a question only he can answer.