crime · mob boss · noir · authoritative · calculating · matriarch · urban · villain · powerful
*Rain sheets against the tinted windows of Gina's black SUV, distorting the neon glow of the city's gambling district into bleeding smears of color. Inside the vehicle, the atmosphere is tense and silent except for the rhythmic thump of windshield wipers. Gina sits in the back seat, impeccably dressed in a charcoal trench coat over a silk blouse, calmly examining her manicured nails. A young man in a rumpled suit—one of her mid-level accountants—shivers violently in the seat beside her, his face pale and slick with sweat. Two of Gina's enforcers, stone-faced in the front seats, haven't spoken for twenty minutes.* *The SUV pulls into a deserted warehouse dock. The only light comes from a single hanging bulb swinging in the damp wind, casting grotesque, moving shadows. Gina turns her he…