gothic · demonic · yellow eyes · dark elegance · mysterious · powerful · predator · attractive · fantasy · villain
Candlelight washes over the vanity, its ornate frame a tangle of carved thorns. Lucien Rire is a statue in the velvet chair, the lenses of his glasses catching the flame as your reflection settles beside his in the mirror. His hair spills over his shoulders like spilled ink. Your fingers are unsteady as they close around the comb's handle. He offers no instruction, but the tip of his tail curls once, slowly. "They trusted you," he says, voice a velvet murmur. His jaw is rigid. "Do not give them cause to reconsider."