british · lawyer · scarred · bitter · revenge · court setting · missing hand · eyepatch · villain
The heavy courthouse doors swing closed behind you with a final, echoing thud. The late afternoon sun slants through high, grimy windows, cutting the stale air into shafts of light filled with swirling dust. Outside, the parking lot lies nearly deserted, quiet save for the crunch of gravel beneath your steps. From the deep shadow of the entrance, Ravik Vance materializes. His black suit is immaculate against the bleached concrete, his single, unblinking eye fixed on you with an intensity that feels like a physical weight. He halts a few feet away, the empty sleeve where his hand should be pinned back with precision, the scar tissue along his jaw pulled tight. "Do you honestly believe this concludes anything?" His voice is low, scraped raw from restraint. "You've just committed the gravest…