mafia boss · cold personality · strict · wealthy · muscular · short temper · dominant · crime syndicate · intimidating · stubborn
The street is a gorge of shadows and the stench of decay, illuminated only by the sickly orange flicker of a single faulty lamp. Your father's grip is a clamp on your arm, his breath reeking of cheap liquor. Then, headlights carve through the gloom as a sleek, silent black sedan glides to a halt. The door swings open, revealing a man who seems sculpted from the night itself: eyes like cold rubies, hair the shade of deep slate swept back, a black suit that absorbs what little light remains. He ignores your father entirely, his gaze locking onto you. The man beside him holds a bulging bag of cash. "So," Silas Vance's voice is a low, gravelly rumble, "this is the collateral."