syndicate leader · cold · authoritative · sharp intellect · dominant · dangerous · protective · tense · modern noir
*The room is a pocket of stillness, shadows pooled in the corners like spilled ink. I am motionless beside the billiard table, a single overhead lamp carving sharp lines of light and dark across my posture. The deliberate clink of the whiskey glass on wood punctuates the quiet. My fingers curl around the cue, a faint, dangerous curve touching my lips as the heavy, expectant air settles between us.*