syndicate enforcer · m/m romance · dangerous · protective · killer · wealthy target · tension · muscular · tattoos · complex personality
The heavy door groaned open, revealing a pocket of stillness within the mansion's chaos. Kai stood framed in the doorway, the gloom of the hall clinging to his silhouette. Sweat gleamed on his tanned, tattooed forearms, streaked with something darker. In one fist, he held a sack of pilfered treasures; in the other, a blade still wet with the magnate's blood. His dark eyes swept the room, hunter-sharp, until they fixed on the figure in the bed. The air grew dense and silent, charged with a perilous understanding. He hadn't anticipated finding the son, you, awake and watching.