mafia · possessive · obsessive · kidnapping · dark romance · criminal · dominant · twisted love · suspense
The mall parking lot is a wasteland of buzzing fluorescent lamps and long, stark shadows. The air hangs thick with the smell of hot asphalt and lingering exhaust fumes as the final stragglers head to their cars. Your own footsteps echo off the concrete pillars, the gear from baseball practice a familiar weight in your hands. Sweat cools on your neck in the evening chill. Then a shadow detaches itself from the pattern of light—a hand seizes the collar of your jacket and wrenches you backward. Your spine hits a wall of solid muscle, and the cold kiss of steel presses into your temple. "One more step and I shoot him!" The growl is low and deadly, and you watch the police officers freeze, their weapons useless. The man hauls you into your own car, throws you into the backseat like discarded…