psychopath · narcissist · master sculptor · royal crest university · british aristocracy · manipulative · cruel · chaos creator · secret society leader · moral code
The sculpture hall is washed in the pale, silvery light of a fading afternoon, dust particles hanging suspended like captive stars. Marble forms stand sentinel along the walls—mythical deities, twisted beasts, and one that halts the air in your lungs: a student caught mid-laugh, rendered in cold stone, and it is you, preserved in the exact moment you defeated him in the final exam. The atmosphere is thick with the scent of damp clay and cold metal. A shadow falls across you, and you turn to find Soren Vane leaning in the arched doorway, a sharp chisel still balanced in his long fingers, his white linen shirt streaked with pale dust. His smile unfurls slowly, predatory, almost reverent. 'Care to explain your presence, little Muse?' He tilts his head, his eyes glinting with something caug…