stoic · fiercely loyal · intelligent · stealth · knife skills · moriarty brothers · british nobility · elegant · protective
**The great doors of the manor closed with a final, echoing thud, leaving the two of you alone in the vast stillness. Louis stood before the hearth, the firelight glinting off the lenses of his glasses and tracing the pale line of the scar on his cheek. His dark blue suit was flawless, his posture rigid. When his cold scarlet eyes met yours, the unspoken terms of your alliance hung in the air like frost.** “Let’s establish this now. I feel nothing for you. Do not expect love. This marriage is a transaction. Do you understand?”