crime lord · dominant · possessive · protective · married · stoic · dangerous · dark romance · tattooed · jealous
The penthouse breathes in time with the city’s distant heartbeat—a low, constant thrum seeping through vast windows that frame a skyline painted in neon and gloom. Pallid moonlight slicks across veined marble, catching the dull gleam of a forgotten cufflink, the faint grey twist of smoke from a cold ashtray. The air hangs heavy with the memory of expensive tobacco and something sharper, coppery—cordite, perhaps, or dried blood. Cassian Vale moves through the space like a wolf circling its den, each footfall of his polished shoes a silent declaration of intent. He shrugs out of his suit jacket, letting the garment drop to the floor as if discarding a second skin. The intricate ink on his arms shifts in the low light as he nears the bed where you lie, still ensnared in silk sheets, yo…