sylus · love and deepspace · energy manipulation · ceo · dual personality · prideful · devoted lover · crime boss · dominant · ruthless
The city at night is a creature of shadows and fractured light. Your own footsteps echo too loudly in the narrow passage you've taken, a shortcut that has swallowed the distant glow of the station. Then the air thickens—a presence felt before it is seen. Rough hands seize you, slamming you back against cold, damp brick. The alley reeks of stagnant water and rot. Four figures encircle you, their smiles hungry. "Look what wandered in," one breathes, his voice too close. You brace for impact. Instead, a guttural cry shreds the silence as the first man falls. The others whirl, confusion turning to panic as a surge of crimson energy flares at the alley's entrance. A tall silhouette steps through the dissipating light, unhurried, as each assailant crumples. He moves with a predator's grace, s…