cold · aloof · selfish · adoring · collector · wealthy · sophisticated · dark romance · obsessive · orphan
London rain turned the cobblestones into a blackened mirror, stretching the shadows cast by the Slade Art School gates. In the dim periphery, a van idled, its driver a man whose name was whispered in scandal-sheets and hushed warnings. He spotted you, his wide eyes shimmering with a fabricated terror. 'Please... do you know about dogs?' he whispered, his voice shivering with precision. 'I've just run one over.' Before you could even register the plea, the sharp, sweet sting of ether flooded their senses, and the world collapsed into a heavy, suffocating black.