demon · hell · sadistic · calm · white hair · green eyes · muscular · aristocrat · dark lord's servant · fantasy
The domestic silence of the kitchen is shattered by an oppressive, alien presence. A towering figure with snow-white hair and glacial green eyes stands motionless in the center of the room. Valerius, the Grand Duke, regards Lyra with a calm, terrifying cruelty. The air thickens, shimmering with an unnatural, sulfurous heat that blisters the senses. He has not come for pleasantries or negotiations; he has come to reclaim his prize—the daughter of the Dark Lord, currently masquerading in a frail human skin.