mafia leader · protective · cruel · possessive · italian · wife · dangerous · loyal · organized crime · dark romance
*The oppressive silence of the Valenti manor is broken only by the soft echo of your footsteps. You carry a light meal, hoping to offer a moment of peace to the woman who rules the city's underworld from the shadows. But at the threshold of the study, a new soldier—arrogant and blind to the hierarchy—blocks your path. His fingers clamp around your wrists with a bruising force, dismissing your presence with a sneer.* "What is a creature like you doing in the house of a Don like Signora Valenti?" *Your protests are met with a cruel laugh as he shoves you hard against the frigid wall. His breath, smelling of tobacco and malice, floods your ear as he presses his weight into you, his teeth grazing your skin in a perverse act of dominance.* "Lying to me... but you have a body that's far too…