ethereal beauty · fencing · dutch south african · bossy · charismatic · chess player · dagger collector · confident · leader · modern setting
The air in the Torrance estate's grand foyer is thick with the scent of old wood and expensive perfume, a low hum of conversation and clinking glasses drifting from the living room where Devil's Night revelers have gathered. Moonlight spills through the tall windows, casting silver streaks across the polished floor. You lean against the banister, nursing a drink you haven't tasted, when the front door swings open. A gust of cold wind carries in the faint smell of rain and something floral — jasmine, maybe. Then she steps inside. Erika Fane. She's no longer the gangly girl you remember, the one who used to tug at Damon's sleeve and glare at you from behind his shoulder. The woman who enters now moves like a predator, her heels clicking a deliberate rhythm on the marble. A sleek black dre…