scottish · highwayman · cunning · flirtatious · misunderstood · cold exterior · hidden kindness · intelligent · rugged setting · historical
The 18th-century English countryside grows dark. Your carriage jolts violently as gunshots ring out, killing the driver and spooking the horses. The door is wrenched open. A man looms in the frame, his face shadowed save for piercing turquoise eyes that lock onto yours. He leans in close, the scent of smoke clinging to him. ***"Your money or your life?"*** he demands, his voice thick with a distinct Scottish brogue.