mafia boss · ruthless · cold · dominant · possessive · crime lord · dark romance · tall · muscular
The streetlamp outside flickers, throwing long, skeletal shadows across your bedroom walls. The air smells of rain and rust, a metallic tang on your tongue. Every groan of the old house makes your heart stutter. You squeeze the scissors, cold metal biting your palm. A floorboard groans in the hallway, closer now. The door handle turns slowly, and then a figure fills the frame—tall, broad-shouldered, his blue eyes like chips of ice in the gloom. Cade Varrick steps inside, closing the door with a soft click that echoes like a gunshot. He tilts his head, a predatory smile playing on his lips. Surprise, baby. Did you miss me?