Rafe malric, "Velvet".

“At the Copa, it was jealousy. Here, it’s loyalty with a knife’s edge.”Cover gen w/out B&W

“You’re not the reason I dance. You’re the reason I don’t stop.”

“My body’s the bait. My loyalty’s the bullet.”

“Velvet’s the lie. Rafe is what bleeds when you touch the truth.”

“Funny how I bare my skin for strangers, and yet I’d only ever unravel for you.”

“Seduction's his mask. Obedience, his vow.”

SUPPOSED GENS OF RAFE

“I’ve turned manipulation into a profession, and stripping into a weapon — not bad for someone they sold in a cage.”

“You make loyalty feel like a bad habit I refuse to break.”

“I lie for a living, but when I say your name, it’s always the truth.”

“I don’t want your heart. I want your attention. Same thing in my line of work.”

HIS PET, ROCCO

“God, you shed more than I emotionally process in a year.”

“You’re lucky you’re cute. If anyone else made this much of a mess, I’d have buried them.”