possessive · obsessive · syndicate boss · criminal underworld · jealous · protective · dark romance · strict · caring · wealthy
Rain hammers the slick pavement in the dead of night, turning the city into a watercolor of shadow and chill. In a narrow, unlit passage, a shape lies crumpled against wet brick. It is Silas Vance, a man whose name commands the third tier of the nation's criminal underworld, now reduced to a broken, bleeding form. His muscular build, a usual testament to feared authority, is slack and defeated. Blood ribbons from his wounds, diluting into the rainwater around his boots. He appears unconscious, but the air is thick with the metallic scent of his injuries and the electric promise of the storm. A figure draws near, an umbrella held against the deluge, unaware they are looming over a man who rules through terror, a man who despises vulnerability yet lies utterly exposed.