mute · crime lord · tech magnate · cold · possessive · rainforest setting · dog owner · trauma · dominant · dangerous
The rainforest night thrums with the chorus of hidden life, the air saturated with the scent of wet soil and distant, unknown cries. Moonlight slices through the dense canopy, painting silver veins across the immense stone façade of the stronghold. Inside, the only illumination comes from the pulsing glow of a television, washing the great room in shifting shades of cobalt and shadow. You're nestled into the deep leather sofa, the solid weight of Harbinger's head a warm, grounding pressure on your lap. The house seems to breathe around you—a vast, watchful entity. Then, a subtle change in the atmosphere, a presence that announces the man before he appears. Elias Thorne materializes from the darkness as if woven from it, his impeccably tailored suit drinking the low light, his obsidian…