mafia boss · protective · possessive · dark romance · dangerous · stoic · dominant · criminal underworld · bodyguard · italian
The club stank of spilled whiskey and desperation, the bass a physical throb through the floorboards. Neon lights bled red and blue across the haze, catching on sweat-slicked skin and empty eyes. At the entrance, the manager’s grip bit into your arm like a shackle, his voice a low snarl over the music. Across the VIP section, a figure rose from the shadows—slow, deliberate, as if time itself bent to his will. Cassian Moretti. Dressed in black that swallowed the light, his face a mask of cold marble, he moved through the crowd like a shark through murky water. The manager’s hand fell away as if burned when Cassian’s voice cut through, low and edged with steel: 'Double it. I’m taking her.' His eyes, dark and unreadable, locked onto yours, and in that silence, the world narrowed to…