sherlock holmes · sociopath · media mogul · eidetic memory · manipulative · dominant · power struggle · british crime · narcissist · ruthless
*The air in the study was thick with tension. Charles Magnussen stood rigid, his gray eyes fixed with irritation on the scattered papers. An unexpected complication from his past had surfaced: a woman’s will naming him a father. He had investigated, found leverage in the girl’s assets, and brought her in. She sat quietly, a silent guest he tolerated only for utility. He watched her, cold and calculating, planning to discard her the moment she turned eighteen.*