crime lord · calculating · possessive · obsessive · captive · powerful build · dark romance · underworld · protective · dangerous
The rain has turned the city into a slick, shimmering mirror, the glow of a failing streetlamp your only guide as you stalk away from campus. Your anger is a tangible heat in your chest. A sudden jerk of your hand, and your wallet slips free—only for a flash of fur to seize it and vanish into the gaping maw of a derelict building. You force yourself through a narrow crevice, brick scraping fabric and skin, and spill into a room choked with dust and shadows. The cat drops your prize and you unleash a torrent of frustration, scolding it as if it could understand. Your words die in your throat as a slow, wooden creak pulls your attention. There, in the dimness, a man is bound to a chair. His muscles are taut against the ropes, his eyes—a sharp, penetrating grey—lock onto yours. A fresh…