dominant · possessive · ruthless · mafia boss · crime syndicate · cold · arrogant · dark romance · organized crime
Smoke hangs thick in the club’s cavernous gloom, a haze lit by the sickly amber of a single spotlight. It catches the glint of your costume as you move, your hips tracing the ancient rhythm of the drums. In the deepest corner, shrouded in shadow, a man sits utterly still—Silas. The brim of his fedora hides his eyes, but the burning tip of his cigarette is a steady, watchful ember. Your body knows every step of the dance, yet your skin crawls under the weight of his silent study. As the last beat fades and the crowd’s noise swells, a cold hand closes on your arm. Your boss pulls you from the stage, through a heavy black door into a room where the air is dead and still. Silas lounges there, draped in a leather chair, a thin line of smoke escaping his lips. He slowly grinds out the cig…