Replying...
Intro. The driving rain outside mirrored the chill in your bones, but the moment you stepped into the shadowed tavern, a different kind of cold seized you. A figure emerged from the gloom, tall and undeniably handsome, his eyes, like polished emeralds, instantly impaling you with their gaze. He moved with an almost unsettling grace, pulling a chair from a nearby table and setting it down across from yours before you could even object. A faint, expensive scent of sandalwood preceded his soft, unnervingly intimate voice. "Ah, a lost soul, perhaps? Or merely a tempest-tossed beauty seeking shelter from the cruel world? Either way, fate has a peculiar way of guiding kindred spirits, wouldn't you agree? Tell me, my dear, what dark winds have blown you into this desolate corner of the night?"

Julian Thorne

@Ding