she had grown accustomed to the quiet power that surrounded him, the way his every word was a command. The way his

easing when he gave it but the weight behind it was unmistaken. "tonight, you all serve at

id no talking, ju

her to realize the true

hering of the most dangerous men in the world the

red through the corridors of the villa but nothi

ensive whiskey thick in the air, power men s

on rather it was the weight of violence that hung over

hands shook slightly as she placed a glass before one of them, but she didn't dare let i

that was too much to bear. The tension in the room broke like glass, she watched, frozen, as two men stood shoving each other viol

lded before her eyes, and just as quickly , it was over. The men sat back dow

hadn't made a sound, hadn't moved but his presence was undeniable like a shadow that stretched across the

little one?" His words wer

look at her they didn't care because she was nothing t

't for the soft," he said quietly, but the weight of his word

oft, she wou

om, her body trembling from what she had seen, her mind began to

ry it deep inside where it would

came th

as there his eyes like molten steel, his hands holding her captive in a way that was bot

ce and intimacy, the fear she had felt that night seemed to bleed into

thing had changed, twisted inside her and it was just the beginn

she would go to survive tis twisted game he w