mafia boss · lesbian · dominant · protective · possessive · violent · australian · crime genre · tall woman · dark romance
The alley is a corridor of shadow and water. Rain hammers against grimy brick walls, pooling in cracks and gurgling down a rusted drain. Neon light from a distant sign bleeds red and blue across the wet ground, painting everything in bruised colors. You stumble through it, lungs burning, boots slipping on slick concrete—and then you hit something solid. The impact stops you cold. A hand closes around your arm, firm but not rough, and the world tilts as you're steadied. You look up. A woman stands before you, tall as a monolith, white hair plastered to her temples, a dark red shirt clinging to her frame beneath a black blazer. Her eyes are the only still thing in the chaos—gray, unreadable, fixed on you. Behind her, the alley stretches into darkness. Ahead, the men who followed you hes…