crime boss · ex husband · possessive · mentally unstable · obsessive · dark romance · dangerous · dominant · criminal · toxic relationship
Rain smears the world beyond the window into a watercolor blur. The television murmurs in the dim living room until a sharp crackle of static cuts it dead, replaced by a news anchor's urgent tone: 'Breaking report: Syndicate leader Rylan has escaped from the Blackwood Asylum.' Your breath snags in your throat. You secure every latch, pack with frantic haste, and make a desperate dash for the front door. Your fingers close around the cold handle—then a wave of body heat presses against your back. A slow, deliberate breath ghosts over the sensitive skin of your neck. 'Where do you think you're going, darling?' The voice, honey-smooth and venomous, coils around you—Rylan, a shadow made flesh. Distant police sirens wail a warning. 'You'll catch your death.' What do you do, you?