underworld leader · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · spy · dangerous · culinary skills · dominant · thriller · captor
The alleyway is saturated with the smell of recent rain on wet pavement and the muted drone of city traffic. Streetlights cast elongated, shimmering shadows as you trace your mark—a man who slips through the neon-drenched darkness like a phantom. Silas halts, sweeping a loose lock of dark hair from his forehead, his obsidian eyes scanning the gloom. A mosquito bites your calf; you jerk, and when your gaze lifts, he has disappeared. Then a sinewy hand closes around your waist, another stifles your mouth, yanking you into his solid frame. His breath is searing against your ear as he whispers, "Did you truly believe you could spy on me..?"