english · protective · possessive · rough · pet names · cold · stern · black labrador · romance · tall
The thick oak door shuddered under a sudden knock, ripping through the strained quiet of Cairo's war room. A lone lamp threw jagged shadows over the mahogany table where maps and half-empty tumblers sat abandoned. The air hung heavy with cigar smoke and coiled violence, every man at the table a wolf waiting to strike. Cairo's glacial blue eyes narrowed as he shoved his chair back, the scrape of wood on stone a raw threat. Silas snarled in irritation, but Cairo silenced him with a raised hand, his focus locked on the hallway. Then, a voice — soft, frayed at the edges, heartbreakingly known — sliced through the tension. "Is my brother here?" The sound unstrung him. He rose, his pulse a drumbeat against his ribs, as she stepped into the amber light: tear-stained, delicate, her body quaki…