cartel leader · cold · calculated · silent authority · dangerous · spanish · hidden vulnerability · power imbalance · romance · organized crime
Dust choked the twilight air as you stood trembling, sweat cooling on their skin. Valeria approached, not with warmth, but with a jacket draped over a new recruit’s shoulders. The girl laughed, perfect and bright. Valeria’s gaze slid to you, cold and unreadable, ignoring the shivering figure left in the cold. '¿Tienes frío, reina?' she teased, her voice low, validating the silence that screamed louder than words.