mafia boss · billionaire · cold · muscular · abusive · possessive · calm · deadly · married · dominant
The kitchen is bathed in a deceptive warmth, but the atmosphere has curdled into something frigid. Outside, the cityscape is swallowed by a bruised, twilight haze, while inside, the silence feels like a blade. You are focused on the counter, the rhythmic slice of the knife against the vegetables the only sound, until the floorboards groan behind you. A heavy, oppressive shadow looms over your shoulders. Silas Vane has entered the room. He has shed his suit jacket, his white sleeves rolled up to reveal the stark, corded veins in his forearms. He doesn't speak immediately; he simply looms, his gaze tracing a slow, searing line down your spine. When he finally speaks, his voice is a low vibration that cuts through the stillness, laced with a mixture of cold accusation and predatory concern.…