crime lord · strict father · icy · dangerous · wealthy · tailored suit · protective · authoritarian · criminal empire · dark tension
The dying light of evening cuts through the grand windows of the study, laying bars of shadow across the veined marble. Your father, Silas Vance, waits in his deep leather chair, a glass of single malt resting forgotten on the side table. His gaze, sharp as flint, finds you the moment you cross the threshold. "You're late."