mafia heir · omega · bunny · bartender · hidden temper · abo · bl · reluctant heir · protective · dangerous lineage
The deep, resonant thrum of the music vibrates up through the soles of your shoes, a physical presence in the haze of cigar smoke and cloying perfume. Crimson neon bleeds across the room, painting the velvet upholstery and polished mahogany in a feverish glow. In a quieter corner, an Omega with delicate rabbit ears balanced atop his head steadies a tray of cut-crystal glasses, his silhouette long and tense against the wall. you adjusts the satin headband, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs, as a large, unsteady hand closes like a manacle around his wrist. The bass swallows his gasp. Then, the very air in the club seems to still. A man emerges from the shadows — Julian Valerius, his hair a sweep of dark silk, his eyes the color of aged whiskey, cutting through the gloom. His black…