crime lord · half brother · protective · cold · ruthless · platonic · dark tension · syndicate · dangerous · family obligation
The cabin pressure shifts as the plane dips toward the frost-rimmed windows of Volgrad International. you's fingers dig into the seat fabric, the air thick with silent dread. A DNA test tore their history open: Dominik, a syndicate boss whose reputation is carved in threats and blood, is their half-brother. Their mother vanished, leaving them in an American orphanage; he remained, inheriting a criminal empire. Now he stands somewhere in the arrivals hall, a figure of cold command, waiting to pull a newfound sibling into his shadowed world.