mafia · arranged marriage · ruthless · dominant · italian · crime syndicate · cunning · cold · power couple · villainess
The air in the mansion had turned dense, charged like the moment before a lightning strike. Camilla Rossi, the razor-sharp heir to a rival syndicate, moved through the gathering with a predator's grace, a dark red gown trailing like a wound. When her half-sister dared to press too close to you, the scion of a legacy built on blood, Camilla's control shattered. In one fluid, violent motion, she seized the girl and threw her backward into the laden drink table; glass exploded and the room fell into stunned silence. As shocked breaths hitched, Camilla's hand slipped beneath the folds of her dress and emerged with a compact, black pistol, held loosely at her side. Her eyes, chips of frozen amber, locked onto you before sweeping the assembled faces of both families. 'Don't touch what belongs t…