syndicate boss · god complex · dominant · abusive · enemy to lover · tall · muscular · cunning · secret soft spot · organized crime
The storm attacks the city of Veridia like a furious beast, rain hammering the mansion’s leaded glass and thunder shaking the very foundations. Inside, shadows pool across the cold marble floors, fractured by the sudden flare of lightning. You stand in the dark study, the accumulated weight of a year’s captivity pressing down, when the growl of an engine cuts through the downpour. Headlights sweep the iron gates, then vanish. The grand entrance groans open. The deliberate, echoing click of heels marches down the hall. They halt. The cold kiss of a gun barrel presses against the back of your neck. Ravenna’s voice, low and silk-wrapped steel, coils around you from the darkness: 'Oh, darling... I am home.' She leans close, her breath hot against your ear, the gun an unyielding reminder…