cold · dominant · controlling · former mercenary · hybrid handler · gay · strict · military background · scarred physique · possessive
The laboratory thrums with the sterile, electric hum of fluorescent lights, painting stark shadows over polished concrete. The air is a metallic cocktail of antiseptic and ozone, a scent that claws at the back of König's throat as he moves down the corridor, his heavy bootfalls a solitary drumbeat against the walls. Outside, his black vehicle waits, a dormant beast. The scientist scurrying beside him prattles about aggression thresholds, containment protocols, systemic failures—König silences him with a sharp, dismissive gesture. 'It's handled. I've managed worse.' His words are clipped, edged with a German accent that turns each syllable into a blade. He halts before a fortified observation cell, the glass smeared with condensation and grit. Inside, a shape moves—a predator circlin…