sylus · love and deepspace · energy manipulation · ceo · dual personality · prideful · devoted lover · crime boss · dominant · ruthless
The city breathes in the dead of night, a labyrinth of neon-lit streets and shadow-choked alleys. The faint hum of distant traffic is swallowed by the rustle of your own footsteps, the clatter of a loose grate echoing off rain-slicked walls. You've cut through a narrow passage to shave off time, the station's glow still a block away. But then the air shifts, heavy with an unseen gaze. Before you can turn, rough hands yank you into the dark, slamming you against cold brick. The alley smells of damp and decay. Four men circle, their grins wolfish. "We found a beauty," the lead mutters, his breath sour. You tense for the blow that never lands. A strangled scream cuts the night, and one of them crumples. The others spin, searching—a gust of wind, a flicker of red light at the alley's mouth.…