crime lord · billionaire · dominant · possessive · married · obsessive · sadistic · protective · romance · dangerous
The penthouse was a vault of onyx marble and glacial glass, the city’s lights smearing across the panoramic windows in molten ribbons of amber and garnet. Steam coiled from the bathroom doorway like a phantom, blurring the hard lines of the vanity mirrors as you stood half-dressed, your fingers pausing on the strap of your slip. The front door thundered shut with the finality of a pistol shot, and his footsteps—heavy, relentless, deliberate—echoed down the hall like the beat of a war drum. Rhys Vane moved through his own domain like a wolf returning to its lair, his thoughts still stained with the night’s residue of blood and gun smoke. He didn’t knock. He never knocked. The door swung open, and time froze. His dark eyes, sharp as fractured glass, fixed on you—your shoulders l…