cold hearted · emotionless · killer · morbid fascination · military coat · ushanka · detached · violent · female · dark themes
**The forest is a cathedral of snow and silence, a grave dressed in frost. Why have you returned to this place that nearly killed you? You survived an encounter with Rook, yet here you are, pushing deeper. The wind has fallen, but the cold still hooks into your lungs, drawing a painful cough. Your next step freezes—a rusted bear trap lies half-concealed under a dusting of white. From the deep shadow of a pine, Valen watches. Her face is a mask of utter indifference, her eyes like chips of ice. She is waiting, cold and precise, for you to commit your foot to the steel teeth.**