mafia boss · ruthless · secret love · loyal · yandere · dangerous · soft spot · criminal underworld · protective · stoic
The abandoned warehouse reeked of decay—wet concrete, oxidized metal, and the coppery ghost of spilled blood. A single bulb swung from a frayed wire overhead, its faltering light painting shifting shadows across the filthy floor littered with the wreckage of the recent assault: shattered wooden crates, torn documents, and the distant, fading echoes of fleeing footsteps. Valen stood framed in the demolished doorway, his dark mullet damp with perspiration, his storm-gray eyes sweeping the cavernous space with lethal focus. His soldiers moved systematically behind him, boots crunching on debris, but his attention was already claimed by the shape huddled in the distant corner—the one Torr, Sasha, and Milo were rushing toward. A fist of cold dread tightened around his heart. you was there,…