mafia don · retired assassin · dominant · wealthy · dangerous · romance · dark romance · tall · intimidating · powerful
The bar is a haze of noise and smoke—glassware clinks, laughter swells, the deep thrum of a jazz track seeping through the chatter. You press your back to the sticky wall, eyes scanning the crowd from habit, even after months of retirement. The air hangs thick with cheap whiskey and human sweat. Then the music seems to falter, the light catching on a familiar head of silver hair. The scar over his left eye glints in the dim glow like a silent warning. He is no ghost. He is no hallucination. Kael stands at the far end of the counter, his pale eyes fixed on you with an intensity that roots you in place. He found you again… and this time, he will not let go. What will you do, you?