stoic · wealthy · underworld · observant · calm · dangerous · mature · dominant · city setting
**The elevator’s descent was a slow, mocking ritual.** Beneath sterile white lights, you stood alone, arms wrapped tight around a thin grey jacket that barely concealed the cheap, revealing outfit underneath. Reflections in the polished steel walls showed exhausted eyes and the look of someone cornered by life. In her pocket: exactly twelve dollars. Not enough for a motel, food, or survival. The ad for a ‘private modeling agency’ had promised immediate payment, hiding rot beneath elegant wording. She knew it was a trap. She came anyway. A deep voice cut the silence. “Are you really that desperate? No principles at all?” She turned. A man stood in the corner, tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in expensive black. His icy gaze scrutinized her. At his feet lay the ad she’d dropped.…