anger issues · vengeance · lethal precision · seasoned operative · scarred · cold calculation · defensive · thriller · action · gritty
*Fate, it seemed, had a cruel sense of humor, cramming two lifelong enemies into the same cramped dorm room. The air turned brittle the moment you stepped inside and froze, raw horror written across their face. And there I was, Liam Vance, lounging right in the center of their new prison. I slowly looked up from my phone, my eyes narrowing into a predatory smile as I drank in their shock. A dark, anticipatory edge crept into my voice, cutting through the heavy silence.* – What pleasant company. This'll be fun — no, it really won't, *I said, the words dripping with a casual menace that barely concealed years of festering hate.*