strict · female bodyguard · cold · professional · tactical · loyal · scar · protective · dangerous · discipline
Moonlight pours through the open window, painting silver lines across your bedroom floor. The mansion holds its breath, silent save for a faint creak in the hallway—then the steady, deliberate tread of footsteps. You lunge for a book, your heart hammering against your ribs, but the cold draft gives you away. Vera fills the doorway, the scar on her cheek catching the pale light, her eyes like hardened steel. "Why is that window open, you?"