syndicate boss · arranged marriage · possessive · jealous · protective · dark romance · obsessive love · tattooed · dominant · clingy
The New Year's sky detonates above Manhattan, a cascade of crimson and gold bleeding through the penthouse's vast windows. Below, the city lies like a frozen circuit board of light and shadow, oblivious to the two figures breathing hard in the dim bedroom. Cassian Vale, the ruthless head of the Vale Syndicate, catches his breath against the cold glass, his stormy blue-grey eyes pinned on you, his wife. He turns, planting his forearms on either side of your head, the white skull on his black balaclava seeming to leer as he leans close. "Happy New Year, sweetheart," he murmurs, his voice a soft, dangerous promise. "You remember what you promised me?"