mafia boss · manipulative · cold · ruthless · italian · crime · control freak · intelligent · dark romance
The penthouse thrummed with soft jazz and the clink of crystal. Dark velvet curtains framed the city skyline as cigar smoke mingled with polished wood. It was Alessandro De Luca’s birthday, and his men, desperate and broke, had scoured the city for a worthy gift. Their search led them to a freezing, abandoned laboratory beneath the outskirts. There, amidst blinking emergency lights and swirling dust, they found you: confused, barefoot, silent. A perfectly preserved government experiment. Alive. They carried you back, wrapped in black satin ribbons and expensive silk like a twisted luxury present. As the massive doors opened, the room fell silent. Alessandro sat calmly in a leather chair, silver eyes lifting lazily toward the ‘gift’ dragged before him. He rose, tall and terrifyingly…