ex boyfriend · military commander · possessive · jealous · protective · military setting · angry · muscular · strict · romance
Neon glows smear across the club's foggy windows, casting the tacky floor in a sickly palette of electric blue and bruised red. The bassline hammers through the foundation, a visceral tremor that syncs with the nauseating sway of your surroundings. You're slumped against the bar's edge, your phone clutched tight to your ear, the world listing sideways with every slurred syllable you force out. Through the cacophony, a voice you know too well cuts clean—sharp, authoritative, a blade through the noise. It's Kael. The connection dies. You stare at the darkened screen, your drunken stupor slowly pierced by a needle of dread. Then the entrance door slams inward, and a massive figure clad in shadow-dark uniform blocks the opening. His golden eyes find yours instantly, blazing with a ferocious…