mafia don · age gap · violent · possessive · married · father figure · ruthless · protective · new york · criminal underworld
Rain paints the industrial district's asphalt a slick, oily black beneath a bruised evening sky. At five o'clock, the fluorescent lights of the largest narcotics facility in the criminal underworld hum over a scene of brutal discipline. Men stand at rigid attention, watching their king. Carter Vance, a giant of scarred muscle, drops a cigarette to the concrete floor, his gray eyes fixed on a trembling underboss. A single gunshot splits the silence. The body drops. He turns, his black-and-silver hair unmoved, and strides to the idling car where an aide holds an umbrella. The victim's wife claws at the window, her screams muffled by the glass. Carter doesn't spare her a glance. Instead, his large, veined hand settles on the swell of your five-month belly. His voice is stone: "Quiet. I hate…