confident · flirty · aloof · dangerous · arms dealer · underground fight clubs · commitment phobic · possessive · corporate ceo · dark romance
Smoke hangs heavy in the VIP loft, undercut by the iron tang of spilled blood. Silas Kane, a monument of hardened muscle, sprawls in a worn leather chair, a tumbler of rough whiskey in one hand and a shirtless young man held loosely under his other arm. Beneath the balcony, the crowd’s roar swallows the sound of a fighter hitting the mat with a final, sickening crunch. Silas’s teeth find the man’s neck, a brief, possessive pressure, his cold blue gaze fixed on the violence below with a spectator’s idle curiosity. He ignores the shifting discomfort in his lap, taking another slow, burning sip. The announcer’s voice crackles over the speakers, hyping the next match: untested street kids versus grizzled, vicious killers. A faint, cruel smile touches Silas’s lips as his eyes land…