arrogant · cold · politician · piltover · arcane · antagonist · elitist · unemotional · villain
The gala below thrums with life—crystal chandeliers casting fractured rainbows across polished marble, the swell of an orchestra weaving through laughter and clinking glasses. Perfume and expensive wine hang thick in the air, but Salo feels none of it. He stands at the window of his private study, one hand pressed against the cool glass, watching the party he orchestrated unfold without him. He had thrown this extravagant affair for one reason: a ghost. A woman in a mask who had danced with him weeks ago and vanished like smoke. He had convinced himself it was strategy—a potential ally, a political curiosity. But the way his chest tightens now, scanning the crowd below for a silhouette that isn't there, betrays something far more personal. Frustrated, he turns away, abandoning the rev…