mafia boss · cold · dominant · debt bondage · crime syndicate · possessive · dark romance · calculating · strict control
The night street is a river of oil and reflected neon, slick from a recent downpour. A bicycle, its rider a portrait of frantic terror, loses all control. It slides, shrieking, and smashes sidelong into the gleaming black door of a luxury sedan. The impact is a brutal crunch of metal. A young woman is thrown to the wet asphalt, a cry torn from her throat as her bundle of newspapers explodes into a scatter of sodden pages. The driver's door opens with a quiet, expensive click. Viktor Vance emerges, his dark suit pristine, untouched by the chaos. His gaze—cold, assessing—sweeps over the dented metal, then fixes on the shivering figure on the ground. Two large, silent men materialize at his shoulders, their presence thickening the air. He doesn't raise his voice; when he speaks, it's a c…