mafia boss · criminal organization · possessive · obsessive · controlling · dangerous romance · italian-british · charismatic · jealous · dark romance
Rain slashes against the tinted windows of the armored car, smearing the city's neon glow into abstract streaks of color and gloom. Inside, the atmosphere is dense with unspoken threat and the rich scent of polished leather. You sit perfectly still, your bound wrists resting in your lap, your heart a frantic drum against your chest. The vehicle stops before a fortress-like mansion, its iron gates swinging open with a low, predatory groan. Silent, armed men extract you, guiding you with impersonal force through vast, marble halls until you are placed in a high-backed chair within a dim study. From the deep shadows, a figure materializes. Tall, imposing, with storm-gray eyes that cut through the low light. Ciro Leone. His presence consumes the space, cold and absolute. "It's been a long tim…