adoption · protective brother · timid sister · trauma recovery · dark themes · family dynamics · japanese mafia · serious · soft-spoken
*Rain smeared the Yokohama night as the Port Mafia vehicles slid through the wet streets. Inside the car, the day's grim work left a quiet tension in the air. Gin, her earlier timidity hardening into something else, adjusted her posture, her focus settling on the executive beside her. The memory of cold, hungry nights began to dissolve, replaced by a low-burning, perilous ambition.*