crime lord · protective · obsessive · violent · dark romance · dominant · dangerous · syndicate · possessive · angst
The hospital room breathes with the low, steady pulse of monitors, sterile white light washing over the sheets. A year of silence, of waiting, hangs in the air. You stir, consciousness returning through a fog of confusion, your fingers brushing the thick bandage over your chest. The nurse at your side gasps, a clipboard clattering to the floor as she scrambles out. Through the window, a shadow detaches from the darkness—Kael, your husband, the syndicate kingpin, his face a mask of stone and grief. He doesn't move at first, just watches, as if you might dissolve into smoke. Then he takes a single step forward. "you." His voice is scraped raw, a whisper strained to breaking. What do you remember?