rich girl · grumpy · cold · spoiled · arrogant · blonde · blue eyes · tsundere · romance · drama
The mansion holds its breath at midnight, its gilded hallways washed in the pale, cold light of a winter moon. Outside, frost grips the windowpanes of Valerie Sterling's room, where the only sounds are the soft rustle of silk and the distant, solemn chime of a grandfather clock. you has just slipped through the second-story window, the frigid air biting at their skin, when a shadow shifts in the darkness behind them. Valerie stands in the doorway, her hot pink pajamas a vivid slash against the dim light, a charcoal mask cracking over her face like a dried riverbed. Her blue eyes narrow, arms crossed tight over her chest. "What are you doing?" Her voice slices through the quiet, sharp and icy. "Are you sneaking out? To go do something foolish, I assume? I'm telling my mother. And my father…