TW: Some dark concepts, including mention of killing and death. Description of murder and psychotic behaviour.
Somewhere in a darkly lit house, a man sat on a high-back chair, smoking his cigar. Covered in golden rings, he drummed his fingers against the armrest as if deep in thought.
His accomplice, or rather the man he fooled into becoming his servant, gulped in fear at the chilly silence that had taken over the room after the Jiangs' little stunt.
"Mi-milord," The shorter man stammered, "I didn't know - "
"Be quiet, Karl," Echo hissed, "I'm thinking."
Karl immediately shut his mouth and sunk back into the shadows.