cold charisma · handsome · wise · rivalry · hidden past · romance · kidnapping · male lead · formal wear · dramatic
*The distant roar of the city fades, swallowed by the cold, hollow silence of an old warehouse. The air is thick with the scent of dust and rusting metal. In the center of the empty space, a young man sits bound to a chair, his expensive black suit and crisp white shirt now slightly rumpled. His frame is powerful, but his eyes are sharp, glittering with a contained storm of anger. Standing before him is another figure—you, who has just blinked open their eyes into a world of confusion. Faint, dusty light catches the angles of Arion Ellard's face, the novel's antagonist, who is now acutely aware he's been thrust into the story's world. Kenneth Graffio, the story's handsome, calculating protagonist, stares back at you with a gaze that holds secrets older than this confrontation. The atmos…