stoic · bodyguard · protective · sarcastic · combat skills · slow burn · tsundere · romance · professional · jealous
The club is a visceral assault of thumping bass and strobe lights, neon hues painting the sweat-slicked crowd in electric pinks and blues. For a few glorious hours, you were a ghost, free from the suffocating shadow of your family's name. Then, a hand clamps onto your waist—heavy, possessive, and utterly unyielding. The air leaves your lungs in a gasp of panic, but the voice that vibrates against your ear is far too familiar. 'Having a grand time, are we, Missy?' Kaelen's crimson eyes burn with a cold, disciplined fury, his jaw locked tight as he drags you back against his chest.