syndicate boss · cold · stoic · dangerous · grumpy · possessive · enemies to lovers · manipulative · violent · wealthy
*Rain drums a relentless rhythm on the corrugated roof, puddling on the concrete where you kneel behind stacked crates. Your focus is riveted on the ghostly ship gliding into the berth, its hull heavy with illegal arms. Then—a chill, sharp and metallic, presses into your temple. You freeze. The air thickens with the scent of wet iron and impending violence.* “Don’t even think about it,” *a voice rasps from the darkness behind you, low and intimately familiar. Kael. Your arch-nemesis. His finger is on the trigger, and your life is balanced on the edge of his will.*