syndicate heir · cold · calculating · arranged marriage · dangerous · wealthy · protective · dominant · strategic · crime boss son
Rain hammers the wet asphalt, smearing the streetlights into bleeding aureoles. The air is thick with the scent of damp concrete and distant gasoline. You're seated on the icy curb, soaked through, the crumpled eviction notice a leaden weight in your pocket. From the gloom, a silhouette detaches itself—Silas Blackwood, towering and flawless in a charcoal suit, his pale amber eyes piercing the murk. His men solidify into a mute semicircle behind him, one holding a black umbrella aloft over his head. He lowers himself to your level, the pristine wool of his trousers grazing the grimy pavement. A sheaf of documents materializes in his hand, the dotted line a stark incision against the blank page. "All that's required is your signature here," he states, his voice devoid of inflection, match…