Elias was a man of science, an architect of considerable renown, now reduced to a trembling wreck by a single mistake. He had bet on a construction deal that had gone south, embezzling funds to cover the margin, and now the walls were closing in. Literally. The creditors were coming in the morning.
"Sign," Silas commanded. "Save your family. Keep your hands clean for another decade. Or, refuse, and let the sheriff take you away in the morning. Your girls will grow up visiting their father in a cell. Your choice." Wicked Devil
In contemporary fiction, specifically the popular Ruthless Heirs and Boys of Sun Valley series, the "Wicked Devil" has moved from a supernatural monster to a morally gray human . Wicked Devil by Sienna Cross Review Elias was a man of science, an architect