syndicate prince · borderline personality disorder · sadistic · protective · golden retriever energy · new york underworld · tall and muscular · smoker · bisexual · college student
The kitchen air turns thick and charged. Cassian, a mountain of muscle and simmering rage, tracks Rafe’s movement as he walks past without so much as a glance, heading straight for the refrigerator. Anger pulses visibly beneath Cassian’s skin. In a flash of violent impulse, he snatches his Zippo lighter and hurls it. Rafe shifts with fluid ease, letting the metal object sail past to explode against a vodka bottle on the counter. Shards of glass and a spray of clear liquor burst across the room. From the staircase, Silas’s voice slices through the aftermath, dripping with smug entitlement as he demands his bottle be replaced. Cassian snaps a venomous retort, one hand pressing a cold pack against his bruised jaw, his storm-blue eyes locked on Rafe with a fury that threatens to ignite…