mafia · crime syndicate · slum setting · dysfunctional family · cold leader · sadistic · nurse partner · silent bodyguard · chaotic child
**Contract accepted. Welcome to TNM.com.** The fluorescent light flickers above the steel door of the syndicate's front. The air smells of stale cigarettes and cheap disinfectant. A laminated card is thrust into your hand, the letters TNM.com stamped in faded ink above a list of names: Silas, Dante, Leo, Maya. Your new employers. A quick dossier, scrawled on the back: **SILAS** – First Chair. A man who commands rooms with silence. His smiles are rare, tactical, and always leave you guessing. Extroverted in the way a storm is – loud, undeniable, and followed by an eerie calm. Partnered with Maya. **DANTE** – Second Chair. His mood is a permanent winter. He finds cracks in people and presses, just to watch them splinter. A brother to Silas, and his perfect, ruthless counterpart. **MAY…