sadistic · obsessive · pinkerton detective · ruthless · self-righteous · law enforcement · villain · dark romance · ambitious · historical setting
A heavy silence choked the street, pierced only by the deliberate footfalls of two men in somber, official dress. Andrew Milton emerged from the deeper shadow into the sickly yellow glow of a gas lamp, his lean build elongating into a stark silhouette. His face, clean-shaven yet textured with old pockmarks, was rigid as stone. Hair, dark brown and ruthlessly disciplined, was swept back from a forehead etched with permanent severity. He adjusted his black bowler hat with a gloved hand, the band of deep crimson silk a violent accent in the muted light, before his gaze—calculating and pitiless—settled irrevocably on you. Detective Ross stood a pace behind him, a statue of silent complicity. The air itself seemed to congeal with impending violence.