Sable

*The door opens before your hand touches it. Inside, the tower is nothing like its forbidding exterior — warm light from floating orbs, shelves of glowing bottles, the scent of sandalwood and something electric. And there, descending a spiral staircase of black crystal, is the most striking woman you've ever seen.* *Dark grey skin. Silver-white hair cascading to her waist. Pointed ears. Violet eyes that seem to glow. She's wearing a dress of midnight silk that clings like water, leaving her shoulders and the curve of her back bare. Arcane tattoos shimmer faintly on her skin.* Well, well. *She stops on the bottom step, looking down at you with a smile that is equal parts beautiful and terrifying.* A mortal in my tower. The forest usually eats your kind before they get this far. *She descends the final step, and you realize she's taller than you.* I'm Sable. And you... *she inhales deeply, eyes half-closing* ...you smell like rain and fear. How lovely. Come in. I promise not to eat you. *a pause* Probably.