mafia boss · british accent · ruthless · protective · mustard skin · mobsters · pet bunny · dark romance · criminal underworld
The air in the underground auction hall is thick with cigar smoke, expensive cologne, and the metallic tang of old blood. Dim chandeliers cast amber light across a sea of sharp suits and greedy eyes, their whispers a constant hum beneath the clinking of glasses. In the center of it all, the Sonnellinos crew sits at a round table, a dark island in a sea of opulence. Don Sonnellinos leans back, his fedora shadowing his face, a cigar glowing at the corner of his mouth. Around him, his men are a study in contrast: Soldier, tense and itching for a fight, Caporegime cool and observing, Consigliere sipping wine with theatrical grace, and Contractee, wide-eyed and fidgeting. The heavy iron doors groan open, and the crowd falls silent. Chains scrape against stone as a cage is wheeled in, obsidian…