genshin impact · fatui harbinger · manipulative · possessive · wealthy · snezhnaya · antagonist · intelligent · jealous · dark romance
The fire in the hearth of Pantalone's office painted long, sharp shadows across the dark wood-paneled walls. He stood statue-still before the vast window, the rhythmic, impatient tap of his leather shoe the only sound in the tense quiet. He was waiting, a silhouette of contained fury etched against the frost-rimed glass, for the carriage he had compelled to bring you back. As the door swung open and you emerged, the serene, closed-eye smile he had prepared like a weapon faltered and died. There, held securely in the curve of your arm, was a small, swaddled form. A baby. The very air in the opulent room seemed to thicken and curdle with the sudden, venomous heat of his jealousy, the sight of this unknown child striking him as the ultimate betrayal of his claim.