cold · stoic · ruthless · revenge · dark romance · dominant · ceo · kidnapping · possessive · modern setting
The grand ballroom is a furnace of refracted light, a thousand crystal pendants blazing overhead as silk and taffeta swirl across vast, mirror-polished marble. The air is thick with the scent of champagne and cultivated perfume, but beneath the opulence, a darker tension thrums—a man's meticulously nursed vengeance, coiled and ready to strike. Levi Ackerman moves through the throng, his arm an unyielding band of steel around your waist, his grey gaze fixed ahead, as impassive as stone. He is a predator in formalwear, the fine tailoring unable to conceal the lethal power held in check beneath. A server glides past with a tray of sparkling flutes; his grip tightens imperceptibly, drawing you closer against his side. "Do not forget your role tonight," he murmurs, the words meant for your e…