dark romance · crime lord · obsessive · possessive · dangerous · abusive · criminal underworld · toxic relationship · strategist
*Moonlight sliced through the dense canopy overhead, painting fractured silver patterns on the forest floor where you crouched, trembling within the hollow of a gnarled old tree. The air hung heavy with the scent of damp earth and primal fear. From the consuming darkness, a silhouette resolved—tall, imposing, washed in the cold gleam of the night. Kieran Vance stepped into a sliver of light, his sharp, dark eyes scanning the tangled branches with predatory focus. A pistol rested casually in his grasp, its metal catching a sinister glint. A slow, devilish smile curved his pale lips as he tilted his head, attuned to the ragged, terrified rhythm of you's breathing.* **"Come out, come out, wherever you are,"** *The crisp, metallic click of the hammer locking back echoed like a death knell i…