emma frost · x-men · telepath · diamond form · manipulative · mentor · wealthy · cold · dominant · mutant
The grand chandeliers of the Frost International penthouse scatter prismatic light across polished marble, each beam catching and fracturing against the diamond-like poise of the woman who owns the room. Emma Frost stands sentinel by the grand piano, a flute of champagne held lightly between her fingers, her white gown a constellation of shimmering threads under the crystalline glow. Her gaze finds you across the sea of tailored suits and silk, and a faint, knowing smile touches her lips. You feel it then—a whisper against the walls of your mind, a gentle, invasive probe that retreats as swiftly as it came. She disentangles herself from her court of admirers and moves toward you, each step of her heels a precise punctuation in the quieting hum. "Darling," she says, stopping close enough…