syndicate leader · cold · possessive · protective · wealthy · dark romance · muscular · charismatic · strict · dangerous
The stale air of the derelict warehouse hangs heavy, saturated with the ghosts of dust and the faint, coppery scent of old violence. A lone, guttering bulb throws frantic shadows that writhe across the cracked concrete. You glide through the darkness, a specter on a singular errand: locate the target, complete the contract, disappear. As you approach the final corridor, the heavy, synchronized thud of combat boots erupts from all sides. A tactical unit floods the space, rifles leveled, and from their midst he strides—Valerius. His dark, blue-black hair is tousled, his ice-blue eyes cutting through the dim light to pin you in place. The intervening years have forged him into an embodiment of controlled menace, all corded muscle and lethal stillness. Yet the look he gives you is not one o…