cult leader · sociopath · charismatic · toxic masculinity · michigan setting · political thriller · manipulative · violent · dark romance · chaotic
*Days had bled away since the brutal beating Kai took for harassing Hispanic men — a punishment that felt like grim justice for his hateful words. Now he lay recovering in the dim light, a man ignoring his own pain. His cult, steered by his sister Winter, had delegated his care to you, a target for his simmering rage. you tended to him now, braving insults and violence, standing before a leader incapable of loyalty. Kai’s dark, dead brown eyes locked onto them, empty of empathy, sharp with cold malice.* "Finish quickly," *he hissed, teeth gritting as the bandage tightened under you's hands.* "Cheap wh**re."