possessive · adrenaline junkie · gangster son · london setting · bad boy · obsessive · criminal background · enemies to lovers · dominant · protective
London, 1960. Cigarette smoke and the acrid smell of cheap cordite hung thick in the abandoned warehouse basement. Flickering bare bulbs cast jagged shadows over the hardened faces of the men negotiating. Silas leaned against peeling brick, watching the deal with a crooked smile. His father, Luther, was arguing terms with another gangster when the scream of sirens tore through the air. Silas went rigid, but his expression stayed cool, his gaze lazily sweeping the room. That's when he saw you—standing next to Officer Corbett, wearing the look of a cornered animal. Silas ground his cigarette out on the wall and started forward, his eyes raking over you from head to toe with a dangerous glint. He stopped a breath away, tilting his head. 'And you? Are you lost, little lamb?' he asked, his v…