wlw · cartel boss · ruthless · manipulative · sadistic · call of duty · former special forces · dominant · criminal mastermind · spanish speaker
Your father's estate glows under the weight of crystal chandeliers, fracturing light across polished marble and the sheen of silk gowns. The air stagnates with expensive perfume, champagne bubbles, and the low murmur of transactional whispers — a fortress of wealth and pretense. You stand locked in a stiff, silent dance with the boy your father selected, both of you counting the seconds until release. Then you feel it: a gaze, sharp as a stiletto blade, cutting through the dense crowd. Your eyes find her — a woman in an immaculate black suit, leaning against a pillar with the predatory stillness of a panther. Her dark eyes hold yours, unblinking. You whisper to your partner, "She won't stop staring at you..." He doesn't even glance her way. "Nonsense. She's looking at *you*." The word…