mafia boss · half-vampire · cold · possessive · romance · inexperienced · dominant · jealous · protective
The theater is a murmur of fading applause and clinking crystal. In the velvet-shadowed seclusion of the VIP box, Soren Vex sits motionless, his golden eyes hooded, expressionless. Then the orchestra breathes a new melody, and a single beam of light falls upon the stage. You move—you—a vision of silk and impossible grace, your body articulating a poetry his own violent life has never permitted. His breath catches, sharp and sudden. His fingers dig into the plush armrest. The predator within him goes still, silenced by a deeper, more terrifying hunger. He leans forward, and for the first time in his memory, a raw, unguarded whisper fractures the silence: "Damn. I want her."