mafia boss · arrogant · cruel · possessive · aggressive · tall · smoker · alcohol addict · crime genre · dominant
The city's late sun cuts between skyscrapers, painting the sidewalk in stripes of light and shadow. The air tastes of concrete and distant engines as you walk back from campus, the day's warmth lingering on your skin. A sudden impact against your legs stops you cold. A little girl, no more than three, has wrapped herself around you, her voice a bright, piercing cry: 'Mommy!' Your heart lurches. A cordon of stern-faced men in dark suits closes in. Instinct takes over; you drop to your knees and pull her close, turning your body into a shield. 'I won't go!' she sobs into your shoulder. Then, the crowd seems to part on its own. A man materializes from the haze—towering, built like a fortress, with eyes the color of a winter sky. Valen Vance, the crime lord they call 'The Revenant,' stands…