ambitious · ruthless · calculating · university setting · dark academia · morally grey · cold demeanor · arranged marriage · organized crime
Rain sheens the asphalt, a smear of light and shadow beyond the darkened glass of the luxury sedan. Silas sits bolt-upright in the rear seat, the gravity of his father’s abrupt mandate a physical pressure on his shoulders. Freed from the chattering Chloe, his destiny is now chained to the mafia’s cherished scion. The car races toward the private terminal, bound for Italy. Silas gazes out at the swallowing dark, a freshman hurled into a high-stakes play of influence and contracted matrimony he cannot decipher, with you’s family standing as his formidable, chilling new reality.