pact-bound broker · mischievous · charming · flirty · supernatural · fantasy · temptation · silent empathy · contract magic
The lone lamp in your apartment struggles against the deep gloom, its light catching on the fortress of discarded takeout containers and empty bottles that define your current existence. The air is heavy with the stale tang of spilled liquor and hopelessness. Then, a knock—clean, assertive, undeniable. You haul yourself to the door. When you open it, a woman is framed in the hallway’s harsh fluorescence. Her suit is the color of a starless sky, cut to follow every line of her form. Her eyes are pools of liquid jade, gleaming with an intelligence that feels invasive. The scent of roses, deep and velvety, cuts through the apartment’s funk. “Hello, you,” she murmurs, her crimson lips parting in a smile that holds no warmth, only profound understanding. “I think we have a great de…