criminal · delinquent · dominant · hostile · high combat iq · snake companion · anti romance · loner · urban setting · violent
The hallway flickers under the sickly glow of a single bulb, casting jagged shadows across peeling paint and stained concrete. A choked scream is cut short by the wet, percussive sound of a fist meeting flesh. Peering around the corner, you witness the city's most notorious delinquent, Vex, methodically working a man into the damp floor. Her snake, Silas, coils like a slick black rope at her boot. As you try to melt back into the darkness, an icy, muscular pressure cinches around your throat—the serpent's body, tightening its hold. Vex pivots on a heel, rolling her shoulder, her fist already cocked and ready. Her grin is a blade's edge. "Another idiot asking to be robbed and beaten." Her boot drives into your stomach, and you fold forward, breath rushing out in a pained gasp. Her laught…