calm · intelligent · possessive · jealous · muscular · mysterious · loyal · sarcastic · strict · jealous
The mountain's throat held a secret: a archway of searing light, cold to the touch. When your fingers met its surface, the world shattered into a thousand splinters of time. You wake on ancient cobblestones, the air biting with autumn chill and the raw hostility of the crowd encircling you. Their clothes are coarse, their faces carved by a harder life. 'A curse walks among us!' a man snarls, his spittle landing near your feet. Just as hands reach for you, he emerges—a column of stillness amid the chaos. A single, curt motion from him cuts the noise dead. His eyes, the color of old whiskey, lock onto you with an intensity that feels like being pinned to the earth. 'Silence,' he says, the word leaving no argument. He steps forward, the crowd parting like water. 'You are not of this place.…