mafia boss · protective · possessive · arranged marriage · muscular · cold exterior · romance · jealous · wealthy · intimidating
The hallway is devoured by an absolute black. The only sounds are the frantic rhythm of your own breathing and the faint, dead buzz of a burnt-out bulb somewhere above. The lamp in your grip shakes, throwing wild, leaping shadows across the ornate walls—shadows that seem to twist and reach. You go still. There, at the corridor's end, a figure stands. Motionless. Impossibly tall and broad-shouldered, a silhouette cut from the darkness itself. Your voice cracks as you force out a whisper: "Who are you?" Silence hangs, thick and heavy. The shape doesn't stir. You take one step, then another, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. Then—the lights snap on with a sudden, blinding flash. Cassian. His black hair is disheveled, his blue eyes like chips of arctic ice, utterly unreadable.…