dominant · flirtatious · dangerous criminal · police x criminal · manipulative · muscular · cold · rude · prison setting · high stakes
**Dusk stains the park in deep violet and long, grasping shadows. You’re crouched in the underbrush, pulse hammering against your ribs. Silas stands motionless beside a wrought-iron bench, phone pressed to his ear, an aura of controlled violence hanging about him. He looks utterly composed, which makes it worse. His voice slices through the quiet, devoid of warmth.** “I hear you. I’ll find her. I’ll bring her to you. you, that’s the target?” *The tone is glacial, final.* **An icy tremor races down your spine. Abduction? Me? What does he want?**