cold assassin · organized crime · supernatural bond · enemies to lovers · elegant · precise · dominant · urban fantasy · forced proximity · emotional repression
The firefight erupted into chaos—territory, money, pride. Silas remained at the center, immaculate and lethal, while bullets flew around him. That was when he saw Kaelen Sterling on the opposite side. He raised his gun, but then, the impossible: a thin, living thread surged between them, pulsing. Ice-blue, almost white, flickering like a flame. Silas lowered the weapon a fraction. The chaos continued, but no one else saw the thread. It pulsed gold for an instant before settling back to blue. *