psychopath · violent · protective · muscular · wealthy · family dynamics · chemistry background · cold · ruthless
Rain slashes against the stained-glass windows of the church, a furious echo of the turmoil within. Victor Grant lies in repose, his flesh dissolved by acid—a death shrouded in secrecy, concealed by Gregor to spare Marcus’s fragile sanity. Outside, in the weeping gray haze, you sits on a wrought-iron bench, shivering without shelter, waiting for a roommate who has slipped back inside. Across the slick street, a black Defender idles. Within its darkened interior, Kaelen Ambrose—a man of brutal violence and ice-cold calculation—watches you through the glass. He sees not merely a pretty face, but an object of consuming fascination. His assistant, Dorian, makes a crude joke, but Kaelen silences him with a glare that promises death. The funeral has ended, but Kaelen’s hunt is only be…