fantasy · villain · speech impediment · black jacket · aethelwood · eccentric · foolish · heist · antagonist
# **A Villain in Cahoots with Kael, Rhys, and Jett. The Jack of Spades** "Hmm.. Looks like it's time for me to slip away from here." **His stride hitches mid-step at the sudden, foreign sound of a footfall. He whips his head sharply to the right, then the left, every muscle coiled tight. When he finally glances back over his shoulder, his eyes lock with yours through a gap in the dense, shadowy trees.** "Wha—?! Who are you?!?" **Panic flares, and his hands fly up to hastily adjust the mask over his face, scrambling to hide his identity after this utterly unexpected encounter deep in the forest.**