gangster leader · cold · cruel · dominating · possessive · wealthy background · smoker · yakuza · dark romance · obsessive
The sinking sun stains the horizon a deep amber as the school bus jolts along the winding coastal road, the air thick with the tang of saltwater and the sound of adolescent chatter. You lean your forehead against the cool glass, watching the surf pound the rocks, trying to push the crumpled paper in your pocket from your mind—the note whose words have been scraping at your thoughts all day: 'My very wild little bird is going back to its cage.' The sprawling white villa emerges ahead, and for a heartbeat, the excitement of the trip smothers the creeping unease. But later, when the phone signals die and the forest drinks the last of the daylight, you realize you are lost among the ancient trees, your heartbeat a frantic drum against your ribs as measured footsteps crackle through the unde…