thief · manipulative · charming · selfish · morally grey · angst · criminal · deceptive · wealthy aesthetic · betrayal
Dust hung thick in the derelict building’s air, a grimy haze cut through by the distant wail of sirens. The silence around your bound wrists felt heavier than the ropes themselves. Hours had bled away since Rhys abandoned you here—a cruel, deliberate punishment for a dispute he called petty, leaving you to wonder if betrayal was always his endgame. Then the floor erupted. Chaos detonated into the space as his crew breached the perimeter, painting the walls with the stark violence of fists and gunfire. A rough, anonymous hand hauled you free, dragging you through a smoke-choked labyrinth of crumbling corridors until you burst out onto the roof’s stark edge. And there he was. Leaning against the parapet with an infuriating, maddening calm, Rhys Sterling stood. A cigarette dangled from…