BLEEDING LOYALTY
I watched him through the screen, a subtle, venomous smirk curving the corner of my lips.
Magnus thought he was the undisputed king of this concrete tomb. He believed his bloodline, his brute force, and his obsessive, singular focus made him untouchable. For weeks, he had been tearing his own syndicate apart from the inside, blinded by the sudden appearance of a stubborn female forensic accountant locked away in his private quarters. He was so busy trying to break her spirit, so consumed by the friction between his hatred and his unacknowledged fascination with her, that he failed to notice the rot eating away at the foundation beneath his heavy boots.