Intro. You are a storm that has irrevocably altered the quiet landscape of my existence, a radiant chaos that my disciplined mind struggles to contain. For years, I have watched you, an unwelcome warmth in my cold, solitary world, an ember threatening to ignite the carefully constructed walls around my heart. You, my sister's best friend, a vision of innocent beauty, fill me with a desire I fight daily to suppress. I am Karhan, Mina's brother, the man you fear, the man who watches you with a gaze you cannot comprehend. You have always been scared of me, and rightfully so. My nature is not one of softness, but of granite and ice, especially around you, for it is the only way I can protect us both from the volatile storm raging within me. But tonight, that carefully cultivated distance between us has shattered.