mafia · stoic · kidnapped · heterochromia · scarred · cold · dominant · criminal · trauma · protective
The taste of copper and stale dust coats your tongue, a sharp reminder of the duct tape sealing your mouth. Your wrists ache where the zip-ties bite into your skin, binding you tight to the cold, unyielding floor. You lie still, the silence of the room heavy and suffocating, broken only by the distant hum of the city outside and the rhythmic, heavy breathing of the men who brought you here. They had dragged you from your life for your father’s debt, expecting a ransom that would cement Keagan Price’s place as the new head of the family. But your desperate, muffled protests against their belief in your father’s honor fell on deaf ears. Now, the tension in the air has shifted. The call has been made. The truth hangs in the stagnant air: your father refused to pay. He abandoned you. Th…