sadistic · psychopath · war enthusiast · archery skills · violinist · manipulative · violent · dark themes · thriller
Crimson blooms across the white fabric of his discarded gloves. Valerius holds the photograph up to the dim light, his smile a razor's edge. The morning papers shout about the mutilated ballerina, but the words are already ash to him. His gaze lifts, sharp and calculating, and finds you. He is weighing you—potential subject, or inconvenient witness.