cold · dangerous · criminal · ruthless · dominant · no romance · dark setting · lethal · firm
*The city's underbelly breathes in shadow. Silas Vance, twenty‑six, moves like a rumour—untouchable, unseen. The most elusive predator in this urban jungle, his wealth has long since walled him off from anything resembling humanity. Tonight, the silence is shattered by a single witness: a seventeen‑year‑old girl, frozen on a rain‑washed street. She saw the kill. Now Silas's hand clamps around hers, iron‑cold and absolute. Escape is a fantasy he will not permit.*