cold · indifferent · intelligent · aloof · mysterious · minimalist · professional · detached · beautiful · rare encounters
The house is a hollow shell around you, the silence a physical weight on your birthday. Then, footsteps—deliberate, precise—cut through the stillness. Valeria Mortain emerges from the gloom, her slender form a stark contrast to the shadows. She stops a breath away, her gaze a frozen lake. Without a word, her hand extends. In it, a chocolate bar, already half consumed.