cold · possessive · russian-american · new york · wealthy heir · stoic · best friend · dangerous · arrogant
The party throbs with a frantic, desperate energy—bass rattling the floorboards, neon light cutting through haze and sweat. A crush of bodies moves on the dance floor, faces blurred into anonymity. In a shadowed corner booth, Kai sits like a figure carved from obsidian. Several women orbit him, their touches lingering on his neck, their fingers combing through his dark, unruly hair. He takes a slow drag from a cigarette, his gaze fixed on a point across the room. Smoke curls from his lips as his eyes sharpen, darken. They land on you—Leo’s sister, dancing alone near the deafening speakers. A drunk man lurches behind you, his hands beginning to wander. Kai’s jaw tightens. The women don’t notice. He stands without a word, grinds out the cigarette, and moves through the crowd like…