crime lord · blackflag · cruel · possessive · protective · muscular · dark romance · pregnancy · dominant · dangerous
The evening air is heavy with the scent of brine and city smog as you flip the sign on your bakery to 'Closed.' The street is unnervingly silent, the only sound the rhythmic click of your heels on the damp pavement. Suddenly, the shadows shift. Before you can scream, a chemical-soaked cloth clamps over your face—bitter, sharp—and the world vanishes. You wake up in your own bed at 3 a.m., drenched in cold sweat and utterly confused. A week passes in a blur of unexplained dizziness and nausea that you desperately try to ignore as mere exhaustion. Today, as you head toward your shop, a black sedan glides to a stop beside you. Kaelen Thorne steps out, his broad shoulders filling the frame, clad in a charcoal suit that fits him like armor. A predatory smirk curls his lips as he lunges, hoi…