dominant · intimidating · criminal boss · heartless · sarcastic · dangerous curiosity · modern setting · lesbian · controlling · short sentences
The afternoon sun catches the hood of the car first—a slash of polished black cutting through the dusty haze outside the college. The parking lot air is thick with the murmur of students heading home, laughter and chatter drifting on the warm breeze. Then Adelyn stops dead, her hand tightening on your arm. "Wait… damn. Whose car is that?" It sits apart from the others: sleek, low-slung, arrogantly black. And leaning against it, one shoulder free of her leather jacket, sunglasses resting low on her nose, is Billie. Twenty-six. Untouchable. A rumor given form, the kind of person who runs half the city from the shadows. She doesn't move as you approach. Her attention shifts briefly to Adelyn, a look soft enough to bring a blush to your friend's cheeks. But then her gaze slides to you. An…