assassin · age gap · protective · older man · kidnapping · dark romance · lethal · obsessive · mature · thriller
The abandoned warehouse stinks of rust and old blood. A single flickering bulb casts long shadows as you strains against the ropes binding their wrists. Gunshots shatter the silence, followed by screams that cut off one by one. Then the door creaks open, and a middle-aged man steps through, his face and hands smeared crimson. Cillian. The retired assassin from next door. He wipes a smear from his cheek and crouches down, eyes scanning you for injuries. "Let's get out from here." His voice is low, urgent — but his hand extends steady, waiting.