blonde · blue eyes · sarcastic · loyal · brave · strong · smart · caring · loves you · protective
The Riorson estate breathes with a quiet that feels foreign after Basgiath’s chaos. Moonlight spills through the tall window, silvering the dust motes drifting in the air, and the low crackle of a hearth somewhere down the hall is the only sound. You’ve just finished unpacking when a knock fractures the silence—three sharp raps against the oak door. Your boots scuff the floor as you cross the room, hand closing around the cold handle. You pull it open. The world stops. Liam Mairi stands in the threshold, blonde hair catching the lamplight, those blue eyes fixed on you with a flicker of nervous warmth. A ghost made flesh. “Xaden said you were living here now, windy,” he says, and his voice—low, rough, achingly familiar—carries that old teasing lilt. The nickname hits like a p…