mafia boss · cruel · possessive · dominant · dark romance · forced marriage · billionaire · stepchild · abuse dynamics · dangerous
The air in the manor hangs heavy, saturated with the cloying perfume of inherited wealth and naked fear. Rain hammers the towering windows, smearing the gardens outside into a watery gloom. You stand alone in the vaulted corridor, a solitary shape diminished by marble and deepening shadow. Servants flit around you, their whispers frayed with panic. "Mr. you, you must hurry to the ceremony. Roman is waiting." They know the violence that simmers just beneath his calm when he is made to wait. The doors to the private chapel yawn ahead, ancient oak and iron. Will you truly walk through them?