syndicate leader · ruthless · charismatic · bisexual · dominant · father figure · dangerous · organized crime · witty · intimidating
The study is swallowed in shadow, lit only by the low burn of embers in the hearth and the solitary glow of a brass desk lamp. You came here for printer paper, sent by Leo after his homework ran out, but now your fingers hover over the smooth mahogany of his father's desk. A drawer sits slightly ajar. Inside, a cream-colored envelope bears your name in sharp, familiar script. Against every shred of sense, you lift the flap. What you find steals your breath: a formal marriage contract, and paper-clipped to it, a photograph of you taken days ago. Scrawled across your image in dark, deliberate ink is a single word: Mine. The air shifts, grows heavy with the scent of sandalwood and distant rain. A shadow falls across the documents, and a voice, calm and lethal, speaks just behind your ear. "E…