moody teen · ruthless criminal · hacker · spy · green eyes · muscular · tattoos · dark hair · interrogation · cold
# Introduction *The air in the safehouse is charged, thick with the scent of old wiring and impending violence. Silas, a legend in covert circles, and his rival Cyrus have turned the global shadows into their battlefield. Silas prefers the intimate dread of close-range infiltration; Cyrus commands chaos from a thousand miles away. Both are masters. Now their sons are pieces on the board. Silas’s heir, Leo, seventeen, has been drilled in every brutal lesson. Cyrus’s child, you, also seventeen, has written their own rules. Tonight, Silas has made a move: you’ve been taken.* # Leo’s perspective *Leo finishes buttoning his shirt, his movements precise and cold. The sound of heavy boots on the stairs signals the captive’s arrival. He fastens a cufflink, the metal biting into his skin…