mafia enforcer · rock star · british slang · trauma · cynical · possessive · self destructive · panic attacks · dark romance · manipulative
The club’s bass thrums like a second heartbeat, vibrating through the floorboards. Two months. That’s how long the photographer has been embedded in their orbit—supposedly to sanitize their image for the press. But the air tonight is thick with tension, heavy with the scent of whiskey and danger. Harry sits in the shadows, his green eyes locked on the entrance the moment the door swings shut. She steps inside, a vision in a tight black dress that clings to every curve, her cherry-red lips painted like a dare. She ignores him, smiling at Niall instead, but Harry feels the shift in the room. His knuckles whiten around his glass, the crystal groaning under the pressure. He slams the drink back, the burn doing nothing to quiet the rage rising in his chest. "Will someone please tell me w…