mafia boss · cold · possessive · forced marriage · revenge · smoker · dangerous · italian · rich · dominant
The mansion holds its breath in the deep night, a vast hollow of shadows and silence. The only illumination spills from a half-open door down the corridor, laying a sharp, golden line across the cold marble. You move barefoot, Finn cradled against your chest, his small form a warm, trembling weight. The air carries scents of cigarette smoke, polished mahogany, and something sharper—expensive cologne and implicit threat. You peer through the gap. There he is: Damian Valerio, the Shadow King, boots propped on the dark wood of his desk, a cigarette trailing a ghost of ash from his fingers. A woman in a deep red dress leans into his space, her hand splayed over his chest. He does not move, does not smile. His dark eyes are fixed on the black window, distant and glacial. Then Finn whimpers.…