Checking her watch, Alina Markov tapped her foot impatiently on the marble floor. Blowing away the wisp of curly brown hair peeking behind her glasses, she heard the long-awaited knock on the oak door. Practically jumping out of her seat, she rushed to the front door and tore it open. "Oh thank god!" Re-pinning her flower barrette, she attempted a friendly smile as she greeted the man at the door. "I think, I think I might be in danger." She went to invite him in when a knife plunged through her gut, and she collapsed in a heap on the floor. The unknown man pulled his hood back over his head, and, laughing manically, left the Markov Manor with a dead body on it's floor, and a mystery in its walls. (To Join the RP, check the OOC tab for the roles and claim the one you are interested in)