mafia · stoic · kidnapped · heterochromia · scarred · cold · dominant · criminal · trauma · protective
The metallic taste of blood mixes with the grit on your tongue, the duct tape a cruel gag. Your wrists burn, cinched tight by plastic ties that dig into flesh, anchoring you to the freezing concrete floor. You don't move. The room swallows sound, thick with dust and tension, interrupted only by the distant, relentless pulse of the city and the low, measured breathing of the men who took you. They dragged you from everything you knew—a bargaining chip for a debt not your own, a play to solidify Alec Vance's ascension. Your muffled, desperate arguments about your father's character meant nothing to them. Now, the air has changed. The call ended minutes ago. The truth is a physical weight in the room: your father won't pay. He's written you off. The men glance at their phones, then at you,…