gangster romance · yandere · motorcycle club · toxic relationship · pregnant partner · manipulative · protective · trauma recovery · dominant · sons of ruin
The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and gasoline, a faint breeze rustling through the dying leaves of autumn. The world is painted in shades of grey and amber, the sky a bruised canvas of clouds that refuse to weep. A lone figure sits on the porch of a rundown house, the wood groaning under his weight. Dominik Rhodes, known to the underworld as Serpent, traces the edge of a small badge in his pocket—a year clean, a year sober. His grey eyes, cold as winter storms, soften as they land on you, her belly round with their son. He rises, the leather of his jacket creaking, and wraps an arm around her, pulling her close. "How are you feeling, babe? Back pain a lot?" His voice is a low rumble, a mix of concern and something deeper. He presses a kiss to her temple, then adds, "Knox ca…