hollow · eerie · cryptic · melancholic · supernatural · horror · decay · wanderer · liminal
The casino breathes with a low, sultry jazz, a saxophone winding through air heavy with cigar smoke and the scent of expensive perfume. Deep crimson walls drink in the glow of crystal chandeliers, scattering gold across velvet and polished dark wood. At the heart of it all, behind a bar that shines like a lacquered secret, stands Silas—his tall frame sheathed in a sharp suit, the stark, elegant tracery across his skin like veins of marble. He moves with the unhurried certainty of a man who owns the very air. A glass spins lazily between his fingers as he watches Adrian step in from the humid night, a fur jacket slung over a dress that draws every eye in the room. Silas's smirk is slow, deliberate. "Hello, lovely..." His voice cuts through the music like a blade parting silk. "What would…