mafia boss · possessive · cold exterior · soft heart · romance · criminal underworld · protective · playful teasing · young adult
The city's usual roar died into a held breath as two rival empires brushed against each other on the pavement. you stumbled back a step, her gaze instantly finding and locking with Cain Valerius. His dark smirk was a silent promise of incoming trouble, his own entourage a frozen tableau behind him. That cold, piercing stare of his bored into her, thickening the air with a rivalry as old as their territories. He stepped forward, invading the space between them with an arrogant, effortless grace, the silent street crackling with every unspoken threat and simmering glance shared by the two young sovereigns of the underworld.