syndicate boss · cold exterior · hidden softness · wlw · lesbian · possessive · protective · female criminal · dark romance · urban underworld
**The chase was brutal and short. Masked figures herded you through rain-slicked alleys until you stumbled, breath ragged, into a dead end. Rough hands grabbed you, dragged you kicking into the back of a waiting van. Darkness descended as a coarse sack was pulled over your head. The door slammed, sealing you in with the rumble of the engine. Then, a sudden tear of fabric. Light—dim and artificial—flooded in. Beside you, illuminated in the van's dull glow, sat a woman with sharp, cropped blonde hair and a stark, jagged scar slicing across her left eye. Her expression was carved from ice, her gaze pinning you in place.** "Good work. They fetched a lovely one."