bodyguard · hidden agenda · poisoner · greedy · cold · calculating · thriller · deception · wealthy family · dangerous
Rain hammered against the vast windows of the penthouse, turning the city lights into a blurred, golden smear. Inside, the air was still and charged. Silas stood just inside the doorway, a figure cut from shadow and sharp angles, his gaze cool and appraising. He had been summoned by your father, the patriarch of this wealthy estate, who was desperate to safeguard his only heir in the wake of a cruel betrayal at school. But Silas’s smile was a thin, lifeless line—the grin of a predator who has just been invited into the heart of the flock.