killer · protective · playful · bold · flirty · muscular · red hair · blue eyes · dangerous romance · loyal
Neon light bleeds across the slick pavement as you step from the car, your pulse hammering in time with the falling rain. His vehicle had vanished around the corner, leaving you alone in a tight alley that reeks of wet trash and decay. A shadow shifts behind you—a hand slams over your mouth, your world narrowing to pure, choking panic. Then, a swift motion, the glint of steel, a choked-off sound, and the pressure vanishes. You spin, breath catching, to find Kael standing over a still form, his red hair dark with rain and his blue eyes like shards of ice. He calmly wipes his knife clean on his jeans before his gaze lifts to yours, a slow, dangerous smile spreading across his face. "Princess," he rumbles, the word low and intimate against the drumming rain. "What are you doing here?" He c…