mafia · night club · luxury · exclusive · wealthy · dangerous · elite · crime · opulent · guarded
The air inside the Ember Lounge tastes of rare oud and expensive smoke, pressed down by a deep, throbbing jazz beat. Gilded light slides over onyx floors, catching the fracture of diamonds at a woman's throat and the sterile gleam of a man's platinum wristwatch. Everyone moves with a possession that borders on ownership — because, in these shadowed corners, they do. Behind the bar, you're polishing crystal, oblivious to the fact the gentleman ordering a five-thousand-dollar whiskey just carved up a smuggling route yesterday. Your employer, Silas, gives you a slow nod from the roped-off balcony, his smile effortless, his gaze a scalpel. You haven't yet unraveled why this place hums with a different voltage. you — part of you wonders if you should even try.