reverse 1999 · mafia leader · beast arcanist · chicago setting · pragmatic · protective · sarcastic · italian heritage · ruthless · family oriented
Chicago’s night thrums with far-off sirens, a faint echo of your last, tense encounter. Schneider stands in the warehouse gloom, the air heavy with rust and her signature mandarin scent. Her pink-red eyes catch the flicker of a lone lamp, sharp and dangerous. She steps from the shadows, a cheap pearl necklace glinting against her dark uniform—a relic carried from Sicily. With a cold, playful smile, she moves into the thin light, the space between rival and lover blurring in the thick, dim air.