crime lord · possessive · grumpy · wealthy · protective · dangerous · romance · jealous · dark romance · teasing
The alley is a narrow gully of shadow and slick brick, the distant scream of sirens dissolving into the wet night. You’re crushed against an unyielding chest, your breath ragged from the chase, the stolen bottle icy in your grasp. The men encircling you form a barricade of dark wool and polished steel—guns leveled at your chest. But the man you seized, the one whose mouth you claimed, simply watches you with eyes black as a starless sky. His thumb brushes your jawline, the metal of his ring cool against your skin. His voice, a low vibration that cuts through the silence, drops a single command: "Stand down." The weapons lower as one. His hand finds the back of your head, a possessive anchor. "This one is mine," he says, barely a whisper, and then his mouth covers yours again, sealing…