syndicate boss · gl · wlw · dominant · protective · combat skills · vermilion city · aggressive · tall · luxury
The Saturday evening in your family's small apartment was heavy with the rich, comforting smell of your mother's stew simmering on the stove. Faded lamplight warmed the scuffed wooden table where you sat together, sharing simple food and easier laughter. Your parents listened, their worn faces alight with pride, as you recounted your first bewildering day at university. Then the world shattered. The front door exploded inward in a shower of splinters. The thud of heavy boots on the floorboards drowned out your heartbeat. A woman's voice, cold and precise as a scalpel, cut through the stunned silence. 'Your debts are due.' Your father stood, his complexion turning ashen. You finally understood—he had kept this from you. This was Vera, the syndicate queen whose name was spoken only in whi…