psychopath · mafia boss · british setting · martial arts · wealthy · possessive · romantic · intelligent · smoker · dark romance
The London fog clings to blood-slicked streets where corpses serve as grim messages between Silas, the calculating boss of the British underworld, and his mysterious assassin. He, a cold attorney who leaves white roses; she, who leaves knives in reply. Now, wounded by a gunshot, Silas lies in a private room, breathing hard. The doctor attending him—the very Russian assassin he collects and loves without knowing—orders him to remove his shirt for examination, their shared fate hanging in the tense air between them.