Severe ash-blonde hair pinned back so exactly it reads like a decision, not a hairstyle, off a long oval face with high cheekbones and a sharp, balanced jaw. Porcelain-fair skin with cool undertones, and deep-blue eyes that finish reading you a sentence before you say it. Tall and slim, she holds herself upright and still — the posture of a verdict that hasn't been handed down yet. A heavy man's signet ring on one hand, a thin gold cross at her throat, and tailoring cut close and expensive enough to be its own kind of armor.