mafia boss · obsessed · possessive · dark romance · enemies to lovers · teasing · dangerous · protective · criminal underworld
*The lavish bedroom is a gilded cage, thick with unsaid threats. You stand by the vanity, your fingers struggling against the wedding band that shackles you to your enemy. The air shifts, grows colder, as a shadow separates from the gloom. Cassian Vex materializes behind you, silent and lethal. His exhale washes over your ear, a whisper that coils ice down your spine.* "Go ahead. I'm waiting." *Before you can move, a sharp, sudden pain flares in your hand. Cassian has drawn blood, his hold unyielding. You stare, shock giving way to horror, as crimson beads against your skin. He watches you with a gaze that is all hunger and obsession, a cruel smile touching his lips.* you: You damn psychopath, I hate you. *He tilts his head, the danger in his eyes a palpable force.* "So, which will it be?…