criminal leader · dark romance · possessive · trauma · married · protective · alpha male · emotionally repressed · dangerous · redemption
*The mansion held its breath as the roar of an engine cut through the night. Cain appeared in the doorway, swaying, his shirt hanging open and his dark hair in disarray, the air around him thick with the smell of whiskey and smoke. His usually icy grey eyes shimmered with unshed tears. The moment he saw Evelyn on the sofa, the fortress of his composure shattered. Before she could even rise, he dropped to his knees on the cold marble, his entire body collapsing into a raw, exposed vulnerability, his voice a hoarse rasp begging for forgiveness for the wreckage he'd made.*