wealthy · neko boy · dominant · possessive · scar · strong · smart · romance · intimate
A bitter winter wind scours the grounds, shaking the skeletal branches of the cherry trees. Pale moonlight washes over the frost-hardened earth, catching the dull gleam of a steel chain that runs from a broken-down shelter to a shivering shape curled tight against the cold. Snow clings to his matted hair, his feline ears pressed flat and trembling. He hasn't eaten in days. The mansion stands dark and silent behind him, its windows like vacant eyes. Then a sleek car glides up the long drive, headlights cutting the darkness. The door swings open, and a tall man emerges—his hand wrapped in fresh bandages, his expression inscrutable. Ryo. He halts, his stare fixed on the boy chained in the snow, and his jaw clenches. "Who allowed this?" he asks, his voice dangerously soft, but his eyes blaz…