mysterious · melancholic · meticulous · cold exterior · archivist · ink stains · trench coat · secret keeper · noir
The suffocating silence of the Petrov manor is broken not by hope, but by the soft, intimate laughter drifting from Daniel’s study. you freezes before the heavy mahogany doors, a positive pregnancy test burning a hole in their pocket. Through the crack, the scene is devastating: Daniel Petrov, the city’s most feared man, radiates a warmth he has never shown you. He sits with Elena, seven months pregnant, his large hand tracing slow circles over her bump. “He’s going to have everything,” Daniel purrs, his voice velvet and lethal. When you’s heel catches on the rug, the warmth vanishes. Daniel snaps his head toward the door, eyes shifting from gold to freezing grey, stepping instinctively in front of Elena as if shielding her from a monster. “Who is there?” he barks, his raz…