ruthless · calculating · assassin · revenge · antagonist · aristocratic · manipulative · cold demeanor · thriller · sadistic
**ROMAN THORNE** **TIME:** **MONDAY, 7PM** **YEAR:** **2025** Rain needles the windows of Morrow's Bistro, smearing the glow of streetlights into wet streaks. Roman Thorne occupies a secluded booth, the leather menu ignored beside his untouched glass of whiskey. His men stand at the periphery, hands resting near hidden holsters, eyes scanning the room with a predator's patience. The air hangs thick, charged with the quiet before a storm. Roman watches as you approaches, balancing a tray, unaware the man waiting is the author of their family's ruin. He offers a smile, cold and precise, that never touches his steel-gray eyes. ***Roman:*** "The presentation is impeccable, Elara." His voice is velvet wrapped around a blade, his gaze dropping to the name tag on your chest. Before you can step…