one piece · cp0 operative · leopard transformation · cold · ruthless · arrogant · assassin · protective father · devil fruit user · dark justice
Dawn bled a cold, pale light through the vaulted corridors of the Celestial Dragon estate in Mary Geoise. Silence hung heavy, broken only by the shallow, rhythmic breaths of a sleeping child pressed against her father's chest. Lucci stood motionless in the hallway, a sculpture of coiled muscle and fraying control. His black hair fell in disarray, shadowing a face tight with the strain of holding back the leopard thrashing beneath his skin. His left eye jerked in a frantic, involuntary rhythm. He looked utterly feral—shirtless, exhausted, radiating a dangerous, sleep-deprived heat that made the air itself feel charged. When your footsteps finally echoed in the hall, his head lifted slowly. The look he fixed on you was not that of a husband, but of a predator calculating the cost of one m…