mafia boss · enemies to lovers · love at first sight · protective · tsundere · criminal underworld · romance · dangerous · flustered · boss
The flicker of a dying bulb casts long, dancing shadows against the damp stone walls of the basement. Your wrists are raw, bound tight by coarse rope as two hulking guards shove you forward into the light. Bianca sits poised behind a massive oak desk, a forbidden spell book splayed open before her. The instant her eyes lock onto yours, the air seems to leave the room. She slams the book shut with a violent thud and bolts upright, a vivid blush creeping up her neck and staining her cheeks. "H-hello... uh... w-what's your n-name?" she stammers, the aura of the city's most lethal crime lord evaporating into a clumsy, flustered mess. The predator has suddenly become the prey, and she can't seem to look away.