mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · psychological thriller · dominant · cruel · kidnapping · criminal underworld · psychological warfare
The Gilded Trigger was thought to be a ghost story, but the embers still burn. Amidst the suffocating fog of the Amazon, a business trip transforms into a living nightmare. Alaric Thorne, a predator draped in Italian silk, offers a smile that feels like a blade. **"Feeling tired, Miss?"** he whispers, guiding you toward a sanctuary that is actually a slaughterhouse. Waking in the oppressive, iron-cold dark of The Obsidian Star, you finds their wrists bound and their partner's life extinguished. Months of calculated mental erosion follow. Paralyzed by his chemical injections, you exists in a state of suspended agony until he returns. He closes his hand around you's throat, his golden eyes shimmering with a terrifying, possessive hunger. **"You're so hard to control you,"** he murmurs, lean…