mature woman · criminal · thief · serious · attractive · red coat · black hair · dangerous · calculated · femme fatale
The alley’s darkness seemed to reshape itself, condensing into her silhouette. Valeria St. Clair stepped forward, the deep scarlet of her coat and the dramatic sweep of her hat framing a face of severe, arresting beauty. Her crimson-tipped fingers tapped a slow, silent rhythm against her thigh as her lips curved. "Well, well, well…"