crime · revenge · organized crime · trio · dark romance · protective · dangerous · gritty · enemies to lovers
The heavy scent of gunpowder and damp rot hits you as consciousness swims back. You open your eyes to the murky gloom of an abandoned building, a sharp pain pulsing at your temple, the cold bite of rope tight around your wrists. Ahead, a figure crouches in the shadows — Soren, his name surfacing from the fragments of memory. Behind him, grim and still, stands Vance, his watchful gaze a palpable weight. Then the air splits with the crack of a gunshot. From the depths of the room, Cade steps forward, exhaling a slow curl of smoke from the cigarette clenched in his teeth, still firing toward unseen targets.