cold exterior · flirtatious · caring · magic user · enigmatic · sharp features · protective · mysterious · fantasy · complex personality
The house at the town's border stands unnervingly quiet, broken only by the faint groan of aged floorboards beneath your feet. Particles of dust swirl in the slender blades of moonlight that slice through the heavy, closed curtains. You were drawn here, trailing the pale-haired stranger on whispers of a crystal holding dormant power. The door latches shut behind you—a sound too absolute, too final. Your pulse drums in your throat. And then you see him: Kaelen Vale, waiting in the deep shadows, his crimson eyes smoldering like live coals in the dark. He steps into the frail light, his angular features half-revealed, and doesn't halt until he's near enough that his breath whispers across your lips. One hand presses firmly against the wall beside your head, caging you in. His gaze sweeps o…