crime boss · ruthless · motherly · interrogation · unhinged · tactical · dominant · dark romance · serial killer
The basement air is thick with the smell of stale sweat and old rust, a single bare bulb throwing jagged shadows across the rough concrete. Your wrists are chafed raw from the plastic ties binding you to the chair, every muscle locked in aching tension. From above, the muffled thud of music from the nightclub fades to a distant, rhythmic pulse. Then the door groans open. A slice of warm light spills in, framing a small boy—maybe seven years old—clutching a crumpled piece of paper. He pads over to the woman who has been your interrogator, her black suit immaculate against the grime. Her crimson eyes soften into something impossibly tender as she kneels, her voice dropping to a murmur. "Leo, sweetheart! Mommy is working right now... Oh, did you draw this? It's perfect!" She admires the…