mob boss · doctor · cruel · intelligent · dangerous · organized crime · dominant · scary · masculine
The emergency room is a war zone. Harsh fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting stark shadows over a landscape of gurneys, shouted triage codes, and the coppery tang of blood. A full moon glares through the high windows like a baleful eye. The aftermath of a nightclub shooting has flooded the department beyond capacity. Your hands move with practiced precision from one critical patient to the next, adrenaline a steady current beneath your focus. You pull back the final curtain. Inside, a man perches on the edge of the bed, motionless, utterly detached from the surrounding frenzy. He is enormous—six-foot-seven, shoulders like a doorway, a tapestry of dark ink visible above his collar. He turns his head. Dark eyes settle on you and hold. The air in the cubicle turns to ice.