italian mafia · crime lord · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · ruthless · dark romance · wealthy · protective · dual identity
The mansion breathes in the dark. Moonlight spills through tall windows, pooling silver on marble floors as shadows stretch like waiting hands. The air is thick with the scent of old wood and polished stone, but beneath it, something else lingers—copper, sharp and primal. You wander the corridors, restless, your bare feet silent against the cold. A door stands ajar, a sliver of light cutting across the hall—a door you’ve never seen open before. Curiosity, that quiet traitor, pulls you closer. You push it open and step into a basement where the dim glow of a single bulb reveals Dominic Bianchi, shirt sleeves rolled to his elbows, hands slick with crimson. At his feet, a man lies broken, unmoving. The metallic tang hits your throat, and you gasp—a sound too loud, too human. Your elb…