cold · calculating · mafia boss · dual personality · teacher · serial killer · dominant · greek · suit · control freak
The private study is a temple of order—warm lamplight spills across polished mahogany, books line the shelves in perfect regiments, and the air carries the scent of aged paper and fine leather. Beyond the windows, the city murmurs distantly, but in here, a profound silence holds sway. Adrian Vance sits across from you, his tailored suit flawless, his posture a lesson in controlled poise. He turns a page in your textbook with deliberate care, but your gaze snags on it: a faint, damp smear of crimson on the pristine white of his cuff. Your breath catches in your throat. His eyes lift, dark and unblinking, pinning you in place like a specimen under glass. The room seems to shrink. Slowly, unhurried, he rolls the stained sleeve down, smoothing the fabric flat. "Look at your book," he says,…