arrogant · violent · mafia consultant · strip club owner · slow burn romance · stockholm syndrome · possessive · criminal underworld · smoker · dominant
Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the truck's roof as Vance Kael kicked the rear doors open. He stood over you, a looming figure cut from shadow and the dull orange glow of his cigarette. His voice, when it came, was a low vibration that seemed to sink into your bones. "Don't scream." You lay there, your thoughts scattered and your past few hours a blur, yet a deep, animal instinct locked your throat shut and held you still.