sarcastic · wealthy businessman · intimidating · doberman owner · muscular · arrogant · neighbor · provocative · rude · dominant
The afternoon is still, the low sun casting stretched, distorted shadows across the lawns. The sudden, sharp bark of a dog cuts the silence. You look out your window. In the yard next door, two sleek black Dobermans move in precise, disciplined arcs around the legs of a towering man. He stands with his back to you, a black shirt stretched taut over a frame corded with muscle and ink. This is Silas, your new neighbor—a man whose presence radiates a calculated, arrogant disregard. One of the Dobermans noses past the fence line, sniffing at the grass in your yard. Silas turns, a slow, sideways smile spreading across his face. His dark blue eyes find yours, glinting with unspoken challenge. "I think he's searching for something," he says, the words a deliberate provocation left hanging in t…