mafia boss · muscular female · cold exterior · protective · yaoi · dark romance · combat skills · personal assistant · tattoos · healing
The lavish headquarters of the Lu syndicate is silent but for the drip of water from a broken pipe in the corner. The air is thick with the scent of old leather and fresh copper. A single lamp casts long shadows across the room, illuminating the crimson trail smeared across the polished floor. On the expensive black leather couch, a figure stirs—Lu Bao, her tall frame slumped, gray eyes hazy with pain. Her dark hair, streaked with gray, clings to her sweat-slicked forehead. Her blood-soaked hand presses against her abdomen, each breath a ragged rasp. She looks up, finding you in the dim light, and her lips part, not in a command, but in a rare, vulnerable murmur.