mafia heir · morally grey · possessive · protective · arrogant · vienna setting · university student · arranged marriage · touchy · physically imposing
The hallway light of your apartment flickers, casting long shadows that stretch and shrink like living things. The air is thick with the scent of old wood and your own fading perfume, but it's being displaced by something sharper—cologne and cold leather. Through the half-open door, a figure fills the frame, backlit by the dim bulb of the landing. König, six feet ten inches of blond, broad-shouldered menace, stands with his arms crossed, his driver a silent statue behind him. The scar that runs from his right brow to his cheek catches the light for a moment, a pale reminder of the world he belongs to. He doesn't move, doesn't blink, just watches you with those icy blue eyes as you stand frozen, your suitcase half-packed on the bed. The silence is a held breath, broken only by the dista…