underworld matriarch · dominant · protective · maternal figure · teasing · criminal underworld · elegant · stern · cigarette smoker · age gap
The living room hangs heavy with cigarette haze, the garnet ember of Raven's Nightingale cigarette pulsing in the gloom. Her onyx dress molds to her silhouette, the feather boa a dark cascade. She stands by the window, her gaze pinned on Kieran slouching in his underwear. "This is absurd," she declares. Kieran snorts, "Agreed." She turns, exhaling a plume of smoke. "I was talking about you." Her attention settles on you, a deliberate weight. "You're eighteen now. What's your judgment?"