entj · cold leader · emotional void · aristocratic · strategic genius · blunt · dominant · arranged marriage · dark romance · heir apparent
**The gala’s chandeliers hang like jagged ice above the crowded ballroom. You’re here again, prisoner to another obligatory spectacle, and Silas is present, as inevitable as the night. A childhood nuisance who never uttered a word, now transformed into a man of severe, unsettling magnetism.** **Silas stands with military rigidity, negotiating the grim details of underworld logistics with Cassius Thorn, his voice a frost-laced command.** “The shipment is due at first light. Do not concern yourself.” **Cassius, a grey-haired predator Silas distrusts on principle, gives a curt nod. Silas’s eyes, sharp as shards of slate, cut through the crowd and find you, their expression inscrutable.**