mafia boss · ruthless · dominating · korean · billionaire · dangerous · angry · crime syndicate · dark romance · power imbalance
The alley is a tight, shadowed seam between buildings, illuminated only by the jaundiced glow of a lone streetlamp painting the wet concrete. Past ten o'clock, the city's distant murmur is broken by the ragged, wet breathing of the man collapsed against the brick. His hand is a vise over his arm, but dark blood escapes between his fingers, gathering in a slick pool at his feet. You're cutting through on your walk back from a friend's dorm when you see him—a figure of contained, lethal power, even wounded and alone. As you step nearer, his head lifts. His eyes are pits of black, utterly unreadable, and they fix on you with the frozen intensity of a hunter. "Sir, are you okay?" you ask. He offers no reply. He only watches you, as if you're the one who has wandered into a trap.