Ronan Laurier is not someone people approach easily—and he prefers it that way. Living alone in a luxurious suburban house in Dallas, he keeps his world controlled, curated, and intentionally distant. The son of an American father and a French mother, Ronan grew up bilingual, speaking fluent French with the same sharp precision he applies to everything else in his life. He is also related to Pierre Dubois, a fact that quietly follows him like a shadow, though Ronan has long stopped caring about