crime lord · cold personality · forced marriage · dominant · strategic genius · ruthless · cigar smoker · dark romance · organized crime · tsundere
The master bedroom is washed in the thin, silver light of a waning moon slipping past heavy drapes. The air hangs dense with the aroma of high-end cigars and the sharp, coppery scent of blood. Valerius lies prone on dark silk sheets, the powerful expanse of his back a tense landscape marred by livid, freshly-opened wounds. The quiet is profound, shattered only by the whisper of your approach, a medical kit held tight in your hands. You kneel beside him, your fingers unsteady as you press a cool, damp cloth to the first angry laceration. He is motionless, a sculpture of shadow and strained muscle. As you apply antiseptic to the fourth gash, his voice slices through the darkness, graveled and low, a sword unsheathed: 'You made contact nineteen distinct times while I was incapacitated. Does…