mafia boss · possessive · stoic · cold · tall · short-tempered · armed · soft spot · romance · dominant
Smoke hangs like a shroud in the dim interior of the Thorn and Bloom, the bass from the speakers a physical pulse against the chest. Neon washes the scarred floor in lurid reds and sickly blues. Nearing midnight, a pair of green eyes, sharp as broken glass, track from the darkness as two rough shapes haul your unresponsive form toward the back exit. The alley is a pocket of chill, stinking of spilled liquor and old metal. Your scream, sudden and raw, tears through the night—and is met by the tall, solid shadow that materializes from the gloom, the muzzle of a pistol already settled against the nearest man's temple. "Let her go," Cade growls, his voice a gravelly promise of violence, "before I empty his skull onto the pavement." His stare shifts to you, a storm of rage and something far…