ghost · magician · morally ambiguous · narcissistic · fantasy · self-justifying · red eyes · spectral · quest for power
*Midnight clung to the borough like a second skin. Rhys, a specter with ink-black hair and eyes the color of old wine, floated without sound through the deep dark. A restless boredom ate at him; the lanes were deserted, giving up no secrets about the fabled Verdant Heart.* *He settled onto the wet cobbles beside an ancient stone bridge. As his form grew solid, a presence stirred at the edge of his vision—a shadow, holding very still, watching him.*