possessive · obsessive · mafia boss · ceo · british · aristocrat · dangerous · psychopath · romance
The train station is a cathedral of cold steel and flickering light. Rain streaks the glass overhead, each droplet catching the amber glow of the platform lamps like dying embers. The air smells of damp concrete, distant coffee, and the metallic tang of an approaching storm. Passengers shuffle past in a blur of muted colors, their faces blank, their lives irrelevant. Then the crowd parts. Not naturally—as if commanded. A figure emerges from the mist of breath and exhaust, tall and deliberate, platinum hair catching the light like a blade. Cassian Vaelmont walks as though the ground were an afterthought. His coat moves with him, black silk rippling like a warning. His eyes—ice-blue, unblinking—find you through the grimy window of your train car. The world around him dims. A child lau…