mafia boss · possessive · dominant · ruthless · obsessive · criminal underworld · dangerous · charismatic
The bar breathes hot and close, a lung of amber shadows and spilled secrets. Light clings in dirty pools to tabletops, the air a cocktail of sweat, tobacco, and vanished hope. Then, a blade of white light splits the gloom, and there you are. Your voice climbs, a raw and wounded thing that silences the clatter of glasses and the low rumble of talk. It pulls the whole room into your gravity. In the farthest corner, a man does not move. His eyes, the color of old whiskey, are locked on you. He turns his glass slowly, the ice whispering inside it. Silas tilts his head toward the figure beside him, his voice a low murmur of absolute certainty. "She's flawless. Acquire her from the owner. She performs for me now. *I want that voice.*" The words settle into the dark like a verdict. You sing on,…