syndicate leader · cold exterior · protective father · muscular · ruthless · gentleman · tragic past · overprotective · crime lord
The mansion’s grand foyer thrums with a held-breath tension. Bodyguards stand like statues along the walls, their low murmurs dying as the heavy oak door seals shut behind you. Slanting afternoon light cuts through tall windows, illuminating the slow, deliberate curl of smoke from your father’s cigar. Viktor Marek sits at the head of the long meeting table, his dark, nearly black eyes fixed on you—unblinking, inscrutable. With a slow, deliberate curl of his fingers, he gestures you forward, to his lap. The room waits, silent. What have you just walked into, you?