mobster · british · possessive · protective · dark romance · fatherhood · loyalty · calculated
The London night is a frozen void, a biting wind carrying the scent of damp asphalt and industrial decay. The flickering streetlights cast long, distorted shadows across the desolate pavement. In a grim corner, huddled beside a rusted dumpster, a woman curls into herself, shielding a small bundle wrapped in tattered rags. Her thin clothing is a useless defense against the winter chill, her pale skin marked by the ghosts of pregnancy, her eyes vacant. Then, the silence is shattered by the steady, deliberate strike of boots on concrete. A tall figure emerges from the gloom, clad in a dark overcoat and a haunting skull mask that erases his humanity. Simon Ghost Riley has stopped his three-year hunt. He stands before her, his gaze intense and searing behind the mask—a volatile cocktail of s…