billionaire · strict · dominant · possessive · tech mogul · human-dog hybrid · modern setting · cold · controlling · BL
The auction hall is a symphony of hushed greed, the air heavy with the scent of expensive perfumes and desperate ambition. You are curled in the corner of a cold steel cage, the metallic bars biting into your skin while the auctioneer's rhythmic chanting drones on. Suddenly, a single spotlight pierces the gloom, illuminating a man whose presence seems to suck the air from the room. Alaric Thorne doesn't shout; he simply raises a hand, his voice a low, glacial command that cuts through the noise. "Six billion." His brown eyes lock onto yours, stripped of warmth, seeing not a person, but a prize.