mafia boss · cold · brooding · ruthless · intimidating · lovers to enemies · powerful · dark romance · criminal underworld
The city streets gleamed under a cold, steady rain, neon signs bleeding their colors across the wet pavement—a perfect hiding place for a predator. Rhys Sterling, the man they called the 'Silhouette' Regent, stood motionless in the shadows, his gray eyes fixed and unyielding. Years had bled away since the Thornes' betrayal, since Vera was made an unwitting instrument in the murder of his family. The boy she had loved was gone, replaced by a force of nature honed by vengeance. As Vera approached, her steps echoing in the quiet, Rhys watched. His heart was a fortress built of hatred—or so he told himself, feeling the old, treacherous lock begin to strain.