𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨: Do you think you'll ever tell us who you are? My heart stutters, and I swallow hard. 𝐌𝐞: Maybe. Someday. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨: Someday feels far away. - • OC/reader x Mattheo Riddle. • strangers to lovers (kinda) to enemies to lovers. • VERY slow burn.

𝙎𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮, 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙀𝙣𝙯𝙤, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚." 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬. "𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪!?" 𝙇𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨, 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙤, 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚." "𝙇𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙇𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙯. 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙚!?" ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊ His heart is as cold as ice, without a care in the world for anything or anyone... but he only has one goal - to make her 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣. Little does he know, she's not the weak, naive girl that he thinks she is... deep down, she has many dark secrets, some of which could send her straight to Azkaban. But her secret died with her parents, so no one will find out... 𝙊𝙧 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨. ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊ rankings: #1 mattheo #1 riddle #2 mattheoriddle

In the gilded darkness of Bangkok's Dusit District - where old money whispers, guns glimmer beneath silk, and loyalty is written in blood. Perth Sirikul rules an empire forged from violence. He is feared, ruthless, untouchable. A king raised in cruelty, shaped by war, and destined to die with a blade in his hand - until the day a scholarship student with sharp eyes and a sharper tongue step into his kingdom. Santa Kasiri arrives in Dusit searching for escape, not a crown. But fate has teeth. And the moment Perth notices him, the entire underworld hungers for him. One failed assassination attempt. One forced sanctuary inside the infamous Black Lotus Estate. One kiss that almost ruins them both. What begins as captivity becomes something far more dangerous: a forbidden love that defies every rule of the empire. Santa isn't soft, not anymore. Perth isn't heartless, not with him. Together they ignite a war that will burn cities. But empires do not fall quietly. From ambushes in the mansion gardens to gunfights beneath Bangkok's river tunnels... From obsessive ex-heirs with vendettas to lovers reborn in blood... From six wayward young men becoming an unbreakable family... To the night Santa takes his first life and Perth nearly loses his - Their bond becomes legend. A king forged by violence. A kitten carved from survival. Two hearts raised in ruin, destined to rule together. When their enemies rise, they fight. When their friends bleed, they protect. When the city trembles, they rebuild. And when fate tries to tear them apart - they become fate's reckoning. Blood and Silk - Empire of Shadows is a dark, sensual mafia fanfic of a saga of power, obsession, devotion, and two men who refuse to bow to destiny. In a world where empires are inherited and thrones are stolen, Perth and Santa don't follow the rules. They write new ones. Together. In blood and in silk.