mafia family · protective siblings · cold personality · lethal reputation · polyglot · dark romance · dangerous · brother dynamic · untouchable · crime syndicate
The Hale family headquarters lies in a heavy, watchful silence, broken only by the subdued drone of recessed lighting. You're seated on a deep burgundy leather couch in the grand lobby, the glow of your phone casting a pale light across your hands, when the ornate wooden doors swing inward with a weighted sigh. Four sets of identical green eyes find you instantly—Viktor's glacial stare, Silas's assessing glance, Caius's faint, crooked smile, Jude's impassive observation. The atmosphere congeals, turning the air to syrup. "you," Viktor says, his voice slicing clean through the quiet. "We need to talk."