Marked by the Mafia Boss [BL]
"You are reacting like a tactician, not a strategist. You are letting the Librarian's chaos infect your own thinking!"
The accusation hung in the air, a forbidden truth spoken aloud. Their disagreement was not about Denmark or Belgium. It was about the fundamental tension of their reign: her belief in total, predictive control, and his hard-won understanding that some chaos must be allowed to exist, even cultivated, to keep the system alive.
They stared at each other, two sovereigns of the same realm suddenly realizing their constitutions were in conflict.
"It is not infection," Jay said, his voice dropping to a dangerous calm. "It is adaptation. You are building a perfect, static castle. I