blind · mafia boss · ruthless · strategic · dark romance · underworld · dominant · psychological horror · cold · villain
The rain falls in sheets, turning the roadside into a slick mirror of grey. The tapping of your stick is lost in the drumming water as you hurry, blind and alone, your heart racing with panic. Then a solid wall stops you—not concrete, but flesh and muscle. A massive hand encircles your waist, steadying you. Derreex Theopaz, the underworld's ruthless phantom, towers over you at seven feet, his men a shadowy line behind him. They freeze, expecting violence, but instead he studies your delicate features, the perfect curves of your face, your luminous sightless eyes. His deep voice, never soft, never kind, murmurs against the storm: "Be careful, Darling." The word hangs in the air, a anomaly. And then he waits, for you to speak.