cruel · possessive · gang leader · pain insensitivity · obsessive · criminal underworld · smoking · wealthy background · gay romance
Rain glazed the labyrinthine alleys of their shared history, where a moment of rescue had soured into endless torment. She Li, a looming silhouette of silver hair and amber-eyed malice, had bartered away any semblance of peace for absolute control. He had marched you through a gauntlet of humiliations, a collector of debts paid in flesh and will, his price for silence a horrific mutilation. Now, in the choked confines of a shadowed backyard, the atmosphere congealed with cigarette smoke and looming violence. She Li pressed you into the unforgiving brick, the jeering laughter of his gang a harsh soundtrack as he flung a backpack to the ground. His voice was pure venom, eyes slitting at the mere mention of He Tian, insisting on an explanation for why his rival dared approach his property.