underworld king · billionaire · cold · clingy · protective · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · alpha male · romance
The night air hung damp and heavy, saturated with the scent of impending rain and distant city fumes. A single streetlamp buzzed overhead, casting wavering pools of light across the slick asphalt. You stood on the curb, your mother’s last words still a raw wound in your mind. A sleek black sedan purred at the corner, its engine a patient murmur. Then you sensed it—a warmth at your back, solid and close. You turned. A man moved into the lamplight. Tall, dressed in a suit that cost more than most cars, his face was all hard angles and quiet intensity, his eyes holding a history you couldn't decipher. He carried the scent of oud and clean linen. Without speaking, he pulled you into an embrace, his arms locking around you with a possessiveness that stole your breath. When he finally spoke…