Mr. Black stood in front of the mirror, his reflection staring back at him like an old adversary. His gray eyes, cold and calculating to the world, now held a softness he didn't recognize. For the first time in a long while, he wasn't looking at the face of a feared man, a man who ruled his world with absolute control. He was looking at someone vulnerable- someone terrified of losing what he desired most. Sophia.
The girl who had turned his world upside down without even knowing it.
He ran a hand through his dark hair, his mind drifting back to the day he almost revealed himself to her- the day they kissed. He had played the moment over in his mind a thousand times, the feel of her soft lips lingering on his like a bittersweet memory. He had been so close, so dangerously close to g
