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BOUND IN SILENCE

EPISODE 1

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹 1
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In a quiet dark room, a man sitting, staring into the abyss. Smoke curled around the mystic face. A faint clinking sound cutting through the silence as the glass is swirled around.
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A man, in his mid 20s. Calm demeanor, without being mistaken for demure opened the door with a creak. Loud and sharp. Since silence was dominating.
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
“We got a new offer—run the next shipment through Louisiana. Swamp roads. Fewer cops, more risk.”
Specter
Specter
“Risk isn’t always a bad thing. We can pay off the local sheriff.”
Specter
Specter
“Test it with one truck. If it gets through, make it the new route. If it doesn’t—burn everything and walk away.”
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
I'll be on it immediately, Specter.
Specter
Specter
.... The deal?
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
“The meeting’s set for tomorrow. Salerno and his crew will be there.”
Specter
Specter
okay
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
“You trust them?”
Specter
Specter
*He looked up and stared at him. Silently watching* "Why?"
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
“Salerno’s eyes don’t match his smile. Last week, he asked about our warehouse locations.”
Specter
Specter
“I’ll be at the table, so will you. But keep our soldiers at every exit. If he twitches wrong—”
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
“We end the meeting in silence.”
Specter
Specter
Anything else?
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
No specter.
Calvin turned around to walk away, but his steps halted near the door abruptly. He looked back at him. Specter--his boss, was sitting there with his untouchable and intimidating facade and the man-- looking outside the glass window, is his bestfreind trying to suppress the turmoil inside him and tired of holding back everything.
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
*He turned his head around and said with slow, deliberate softness* "Happy Birthday Cassius."
Calvin's voice low, stripped out of earlier professionalism and formality. "Happy Birthday Cassius". These three words hung in the air like a reminder, a threat to his silence and fueling his turmoil inside.
The atmosphere thickened, laced with tension and something hollow. The glass in Cassius's hand twitched. His muscles tensed for a fraction of time. He swallowed hard, emotions choking him. He crushed the cigarette and leaned back with a sigh.
Cassius Sylvan (ML)
Cassius Sylvan (ML)
“Hmm. Another one. Suppose I made it this far.” *He chuckled, Humorless. Empty. His eyes closed. Fading into the dark and void.*
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𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑦𝑙𝑣𝑎𝑛 (𝑀𝐿)
"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒."
28 years. He stood at 6’2, not just tall in stature but in presence—the kind of man who made silence feel like gravity. He has hetero chromatic eyes where his one eye held the storm—steel grey, cold and unreadable. The other, a quiet fire—amber-gold, like dusk clinging to daylight. His skin was a dusky olive—smooth, ageless, like dusk frozen in time. A face sculpted too perfectly to be kind: sharp jaw, high cheekbones, lips that rarely curved into a smile—but when they did, it meant someone else had to bleed. He held the elegance of ruin. The world called him Spector, a ghostly and unseen presence: the boss of the Ivory Talon which means beauty hiding danger, a name whispered in the underworld like a prayer you say too late. Not just a leader—but a legend forged in blood, betrayal, and absolute. Emotion did not live in him Now, he is ice wrapped in velvet—calm, composed, unshakable. Not cruel by impulse, but by necessity. Not violent for pleasure, but for precision. People say he is void of feeling, but the truth is far worse— he remembers feeling, and chooses to never feel again. What remains is the shell of a man sharpened into a weapon: calculating, distant, dangerously composed. A Don who speaks in silences heavier than bullets, You don’t meet him. You stand before him— and if he lets you live long enough to speak, you thank him like he’s a god.
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TBC....

EPISODE 2

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹 2
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A room. Too quiet. The silence was palpable, to the point where one would think it was inhabited and devoid of life.
A woman, face unreadable, sat motionless, her slender fingers dancing across the laptop keyboard with a soft clack-clack rhythm. The dim glow of the screen illuminated her face, casting an ethereal light on her features. Her eyes were fixed intently on the words flowing onto the page, her expression serene and unreadable. It was as if time itself had slowed, and all that existed was the woman, the laptop, and the words pouring out of her. She wrote on, lost in her world of words, her fingers moving with a life of their own.
Irene Wynter (FL)
Irene Wynter (FL)
"It’s done… finally. Now let's celebrate the silence." * She closed her laptop with a soft thud and went towards the kitchen.*
She made a cup of coffee and a grilled sandwich. Took a book from her bookshelf and went towards her room. She sat on the brink of her balcony and briefly looked outside. Clouds curled around each other in agony. Dark. Ready to break into tears anytime. Occasionally lightning, soon overpowered by light music as she wore headphones. She took a deep breath, inhaling the scent of the damp soil and resumed her almost half read book.
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Chapter 8 : 𝑨 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓
No one talks about that one. The quiet chapter. The one torn out. The one where I stopped laughing. Where my toys stayed in the box. Where I stopped asking for bedtime stories because the dark outside was kinder than the voices inside. It wasn’t loud. Not like the other nights. Just… quiet. Too quiet. She told me I was useless. He called me a burden. And I believed them. Because I was little. And they were everything. That chapter— the one no one asks about— that’s where I folded. Like laundry no one ever wears. Neat. Invisible. Silent. They forgot it. But I didn’t. I live there sometimes. Still.
Irene Wynter (FL)
Irene Wynter (FL)
* She quietly sips her coffee and turned the page.*
Every broken piece of me relived the memories. A chapter everyone wanted to erase. Including me. A bundle of few papers left in the dust and shadows to be forgotten. "You were late," she said. Her voice wasn't loud, but it curled like smoke around my neck. I didn’t answer. Not because I didn’t want to. I just didn’t know what the right answer was anymore. Sometimes silence was safer. She said I was lazy. She said I was lucky she even fed me. She said I should say thank you when I wake up in a house with a roof. Even if the roof leaked when it rained. Even if the floor creaked like it wanted to scream, too. "You forget things on purpose," she told me. I didn’t. I tried so hard to remember. The steps. The chores. The way she wanted the table set, or the way her tea should taste. I memorized her moods like multiplication tables— Except if I got those wrong, the punishment wasn’t bruises. She threw the plate once. Not at me. Just… close enough that I learned to flinch at kindness too.
"I do all this for you," she’d whisper, as if love was something she buried in the shouting, and I was just too ungrateful to find it. So I worked. Folded things neatly. Scrubbed away my feelings with soap that burned my fingers. Smiled when guests came, like a buttoned-up secret. Spoke when spoken to. And sometimes, not even then. She said it was love. And I believed her. Because I was a child. And children believe the people who tuck them in —even if those hands are the same ones that hurt them.
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Irene Wynter (FL)
Irene Wynter (FL)
*She closed her book and placed it in her desk lazily. As if she lost her interest in it.* "Cliché. Tragic kid with trust issues. ......alright, poet. Ease up."
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"Pain taught me how to stand still when I want to run."
𝑰𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒚𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 (𝑭𝑳)
Irene means peace. But peace doesn’t always mean softness. Sometimes, it means survival. Wynter, not misspelled but reimagined — frost traced in elegance, a cold that soothes, then stings. Together, a whisper stitched in ice. Graceful. Distant. Unforgettable. There was something about her — the way silence clung to her like perfume. The kind that lingers even after she's gone. The kind that makes people pause without knowing why. 25 years. She stood at 5'5", poised like a painting no one dared to touch. Slender frame, movements measured. Nothing wasted. Nothing rushed. Even the air around her becomes careful. Her skin, pale with a soft olive undertone, held a kind of muted glow — not glittering, not radiant, but quiet. Like dusk clinging to glass. Like light remembering how to be gentle. And then there were her eyes. One blue — glacier cold, like the kind of ice that doesn't melt. One green — sharp and vivid, like a question you couldn’t answer. Together, they didn’t clash. They stared. Like they were reading two different truths from the same world. She didn’t smile often. When she did, it was almost... sad. Or worse — knowing. The kind of smile that said I’ve already lived through the part you’re scared of. She runs a company the way some people ran wars — with discipline, grace, and the understanding that not every victory is soft. They called her composed. Mature. Mysterious. They didn’t know she was just… tired. Not the kind of tired you sleep off. The kind you bury. Quietly. Elegantly. And build empires on top of.
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EPISODE 3

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹 3
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Lᴏᴜɪsɪᴀɴᴀ, USA
The dawn twilight crept over the horizon, painting the sky with hues of pink and orange as the sun slowly rose.The air was thick with the scent of jet fuel and salt. A whispering mist curled along the ground, stirred by the low hum of the engines still cooling. The private jet, sleek and ominous in matte black, sat like a beast that had just landed from another world. The door hissed open. A polished shoe touched the metal stairs—sharp, deliberate. He emerged slowly, not rushed, because men like him didn’t need to hurry. A tailored black coat danced slightly in the wind, framing the broad silhouette of a man sculpted by violence and patience. His eyes, hidden behind dark lenses, swept the scene with the kind of cold precision that silenced loyalty and fear alike. Cigarette smoke curled from his lips, trailing like a ghost behind him. The ground crew stilled. The silence deepened. A silver ring glinted on his gloved hand as he adjusted his cuff. A subtle nod—and a black SUV rolled forward from the shadows, its headlights briefly flaring like the eyes of a predator. He didn’t look back at the jet. Louisiana was waking up. And so was the devil it just received.
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The SUV glided to a halt in front of The Glasshouse, sleek and silent as its passenger. Glasshouse, an industrial-converted warehouse that had long shed its grimy past in favor of moody lighting, soundproofed rooms, and the kind of reputation where business was done—and no one asked what kind. Neutral ground. By design. A place where tech tycoons, black-market brokers, washed-up jazz artists, and European dealers could all sip whiskey under the same roof—unknowing, uncaring. He stepped out of the vehicle, trench coat fluttering behind him. He didn’t look at the sign. He never needed to. The moment he walked in, the air shifted—waiters straightened, music dropped to a murmur, and conversations faltered mid-sentence. A man like him wasn’t part of the ambiance. He altered it.
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A sharply dressed man steps forward — likely a staff member, possibly more. His voice is smooth, unassuming.
Attendent
Attendent
“Gentlemen. Welcome to Elysian Grove. Mr. Specter, your room is ready.”
Specter
Specter
“Make sure no one’s eyes wander.” *cold. Authoritative.*
Attendent
Attendent
*with a slight bow* “Always. Follow me, please.”
They are led through a corridor lined with exotic plants and mirrored walls. Footsteps echo softly. A door, etched with vines in smoked glass, opens into a private lounge — soft lighting, polished oak table, and one chair already occupied.
Salerno Vernelli
All arrogance and cologne, flipping a silver lighter between his fingers. The air grows tenser. Sharp in obsidian black, a glint of gold at his cuffs. At his side, his Consigliere — Ezra Voss, grey suit, silver tongue.
Specter walks in like gravity gave him a throne. Dark coat draped across his shoulders like a storm cloud refusing to rain. Shirt unbuttoned at the collar — blood-red silk whispering beneath — and gloves, still on, like he didn’t plan to stay long enough to touch anything. He doesn’t pause. Doesn’t look around. He doesn’t check the room. The room checks itself against him. Trailing behind him is his consigliere —Mr. Stone— all chrome and calculation, scanning every flicker of movement as if memorizing it for a funeral speech. Specter reaches the chair opposite Salerno and sinks into it like he was born there — like the seat belongs to his lineage, his blood, his violence. One leg over the other, a casual lean back. He lets the silence breathe before he does.
Specter
Specter
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Specter
Specter
*low, lethal* “You smell that?”
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
*amusingly whispers* “Sweat. Fear. And cheap cigars masked with pine.”
Specter
Specter
*leans back, grin like a blade.* “Hm. Desperation. They always light a flame when they’re about to drown.”
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
*calmly, stepping to the side* “You want me to make him talk softer or bleed louder?”
Specter
Specter
“Let him speak. Maybe he’ll entertain me before I break his terms.” *the smirk remained. Unfaltering.*
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Salerno spoke, breaking through the quiet whispers-- his voice cold, mocking--
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*voice tight* “Specter. You came in person. Should I be flattered or afraid?”
Specter
Specter
*tilts head* “Neither. You're a temporary inconvenience, not an investment.”
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*forcing a smirk* “You want the shipment? I want Calabrese Pier. That’s the new price.”
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
*cold* “That wasn’t the deal.”
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*shrugs* “The tides changed. You can swim, or you can sink.”
Specter
Specter
* chukles— inaudible, terrible.* “You ever seen a dog bark at a mirror and think it’s guarding the house?”
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*Jaw tightens* “I'm offering a deal. Not a leash.”
Specter
Specter
*leans in slightly, voice dead quiet* “Then don’t crawl like one.”
Specter
Specter
*voice calm, lethal* “I could give you the port. And I could bury you beneath it an hour later. Don’t mistake my presence for mercy.”
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*Smirk slightly falters* “You threaten all your clients like this?”
Specter
Specter
“No. Only the ones who confuse my patience for permission.” *He said. Deadpan*
A silence. Salerno’s men twitch. Calvin shifts subtly, one foot forward.
Specter
Specter
*His voice slow, uninterested* “Here’s your real offer, Varelli. You give me the shipment. I let you walk out with your name still attached to your bones. And if that doesn’t taste sweet enough—” *he lifts one gloved hand and flicks invisible dust from his lapel* “—then go ahead. Raise your voice. I haven’t exercised restraint in a week.”
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*He swallows whatever pride tried to stand up. He finally speaks-- * “Pier 9. Docked under ‘Silvano Trade.’ Two hours. Clean.”
Specter
Specter
“That’s your end of the promise. Mine ends when I decide you’re still worth dealing with.” *cold*
Salerno Vernelli
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Salerno Vernelli ..........
*Jaw clenched* ......
Specter
Specter
*Smirked* “You blinked first. That’s your last warning.”
He stands — not rushed, not dismissive. Just done. Adjusting his handcuffs, and walked away into the abyss.
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The meeting is over. Salerno left like a man granted mercy he didn’t understand. Specter didn’t speak after that. Didn’t need to. Silence followed him like a loyal dog — or a loaded gun. He steps out of the private room, coat brushing behind him like smoke. Calvin follows, a shadow with pulse.
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
Calvin Stone (ML BFF/ consigliere)
“How long do you plan to keep him breathing?”
Specter
Specter
“Long enough to find someone worse. Short enough to remember how it ends.”
The glass door sighs open, wind slipping in like a secret, and just as Specter rounds the corner— She enters. She walks in. Wrapped in elegance — not dressed to be noticed, but impossible to ignore. Eyes lost in her own silence. A life untouched by his chaos, unaware of the echo behind the walls she’s just walked into.
He doesn’t look up. She doesn’t either. But as they pass — arms brush. Just barely. Skin to fabric. A glancing collision. Both of them pause… but only for a fraction of a second. Not enough to turn. Not enough to know. Only enough to feel something. Something unfamiliar. Something unexplainably… close. She didn’t flinch. Neither did he. But the air between them shifted, like it knew something they didn’t." Behind them, the wind closes the door. A quiet snap. Like fate missing its cue.
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"They say I'm too cold. Good—cold things don’t burn when you leave them behind."
𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒
Calvin Stone—a mix of charm, darkness, and chaos, who wears the mask of a “good friend” but carries dangerous edges underneath. Here's a refined version of his introduction that matches those layers: a bad boy with a good heart, loyal but volatile, modern but archaic in his instincts, especially when it comes to what he wants to claim. Calvin Stone stood at 6’2", 28 years, built like he’d been carved from defiance and late-night brawls. Broad-shouldered, lean-waisted, with a fighter’s grace wrapped in tailored chaos. His jaw was sharp, cheekbones high, and his mouth—always half-curved like he was in on a secret no one else knew. His eyes were a deep, wolfish grey—cold when he wanted them to be, but with an undercurrent of fire that hinted he was always seconds from snapping. His brows were thick and expressive, a little furrowed even at ease, like the world never quite behaved the way he wanted. He wore danger like cologne—rough around the edges, but devastatingly magnetic. Hard to love. Harder to forget. Short-tempered, yes—but nearly impossible to break. The kind of presence that didn’t demand loyalty, but inspired it. Calvin had a mind sharpened by loss and tempered by loyalty. He had known the man behind the name long before the world called him Specter, long before blood made the man harder and power made him colder. Calvin didn’t flinch from the darkness; he understood it—studied it, even. Sometimes, he pulled Specter back from it. Other times, he simply sat with him in it. To the outside world, Calvin was the consigliere’s shadow—calculating, unreadable. But behind closed doors, he was one of the very few people who could speak to the devil and not burn.
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TBC....

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