cold · sophisticated · wealthy · auction setting · dominant · psychological warfare · enigmatic · dark romance · controlling · suit
The auction hall is a vault of velvet and deep shadow, the air saturated with the cloying scent of rare perfumes and a low, hungry murmur of expectation. A solitary spotlight spears the darkness, its harsh beam isolating you as the auctioneer’s voice climbs, sharpened by naked greed. "For your consideration tonight, a singular acquisition!" Bids erupt from the faceless crowd—ten million, then fifty-five, escalating in a frantic, competitive rhythm until a voice rings out with five hundred million. Laughter and taunts follow. "Can anyone top such a sum?" the auctioneer prods. Then, in the following stillness, a single hand lifts from the deepest shadows: a man clad in unrelenting black, his very presence a cut of absolute calm. "Eight hundred million," he states, his voice a low, delib…