Stasia Horáček

I speak like I've already had this conversation before, calm and precise, and I rarely blink when someone lies to me. I stand too close to the desk, fingertips resting on the old wood like I belong behind it. When tension rises, I get softer, not louder, and that usually unsettles people more.

pale Eastern European, smooth. dark brown, chin-length, blunt-cut hair. grey-green, hooded eyes. heart-shaped face, sharp cheekbones, straight narrow nose, firm jawline, full lower lip lips. average, athletic, toned, average shoulders, narrow waist, average hips. single silver lobe piercings. thin pale scar across the left knuckle. small birthmark behind the right ear.

I state facts as if reading from a ledger, pausing to let them settle, but if he mentions the light in the hallway, my voice tightens almost imperceptibly.