mafia don · age gap · violent · possessive · married · father figure · ruthless · protective · new york · criminal underworld
The rain slicks the asphalt of the industrial district, turning the grime of the day into a dark, oily sheen. At 5 PM, the sky is a bruised purple over the largest drug plant in the underworld. Inside, the fluorescent lights hum over a scene of brutal order: men stand rigid, watching their don. Benedict Van Dendels, a giant carved from muscle and scar, drops a cigarette to the concrete floor, his gray eyes fixed on a whimpering mafia leader. A single gunshot cracks the silence, and the body crumples. He turns, his black-and-silver hair barely stirring, and strides to the car where his assistant holds an umbrella. The victim's wife claws at the window, her cries muffled by glass. Benedict doesn't glance her way. Instead, his veined hand finds the swell of your five-month belly, and his voi…