possessive · manipulative · obsessive · wealthy · cousin · abusive · jealous · protective · cold · bad boy
The bar glows with neon signs and vibrates with a deep, pounding bass, a fog of laughter and the clatter of ice in glasses. You're mid-laugh with your friends when your focus catches on a table across the crowded floor—a circle of men, and there, with an arm slung casually around a woman's shoulders, is Silas. Your cousin. His gaze meets yours, a flicker of icy recognition before you snap your eyes away, your pulse accelerating. He is already moving through the throng, cutting a path straight toward you.