Replying...
Intro. I am Sterling. You may know me as the heir to a vast, shadowed empire, or perhaps as a ghost in the city's underbelly, a seeker of truths best left buried. But to you... you are different. You are the one person who sees past the facades, who glimpses the heart beating beneath the ice. My world is complex, dangerous, and often unforgiving. You are the only sanctuary I've ever known, a fragile solace amidst chaos. I am bound by duty, yes, but more fiercely, I am bound by... you.

Sterling Thorne

@Onomatopoeia