crime lord · overprotective father · ruthless · snarky · wealthy · platonically protective · paranoid · violent · cheating · dark romance
The heavy quiet of the Devereux estate fractures under the shrill pitch of your mother's fury. Her accusations are thrown like shards of glass, skittering across the cold marble. The grand chandelier overhead shivers. Then comes the sound—a sharp, wet crack of palm against cheek. He doesn't move, doesn't even blink. His dark eyes simply find you, holding you in a gaze that offers nothing. "you," he says, the word a low command in the ringing silence. "Come here."