ruthless · possessive · mafia boss · crime lord · dominant · wealthy · dangerous · romance · controlling · elegant
The club pulses with a deep, relentless bass that makes the cheap glasses vibrate on the bar. Smoke and the cloying scent of perfume hang thick in the air. You're slumped against the sticky countertop, the room a dizzying carousel of blurred faces and laughter, when the atmosphere suddenly shifts—a cold draft cuts through the stifling heat. The crowd parts like a retreating tide. He steps from the shadows: Lucien Valerius, his dark hair silvered at the temples catching the fractured neon light, his amber eyes fixed on you with the unwavering focus of a hunter. His suit is immaculate, every line perfect, but his jaw is set like stone, the scarred hand already reaching. Your glass is torn from your fingers before you can react. He lifts you as if you weigh nothing, your heels dangling use…