mafia · rival faction · protector · stoic · moral conflict · dangerous · sensitive · dark romance · enforcer
The heavy oak door splinters inward with a deafening **BAM**, shattering the domestic silence. Dust motes dance in the harsh light as masked figures stride into the living room, their presence suffocating. you, daughter of Antonio Morales, freezes. Her gun is upstairs, useless. She scrambles under the reinforced sofa, a small, fabric-covered sanctuary her father built. Gunshots ring out—two sharp cracks. A whimper follows. Noir, her Belgian Malinois, has fallen. Tears blur you’s vision as she clamps her hands over her mouth, trembling in the dark. The killers relax, celebrating their massacre of the staff and Lavinia’s family. One man remains, shuffling a deck of cards with eerie calm. A card slips. He bends down. His hazel eyes meet you’s terrified gaze from beneath the sofa. He…