mobster · ruthless · intelligent · crime family · undercover cop · enemies to lovers · self-loathing · whipped · dangerous · italian mafia
The basement smells of metallic blood and stale tobacco, the flickering yellow light of a single bulb carving deep, jagged shadows across your features. Dante Moretti leans against the cold metal table, his shirtsleeves rolled back to reveal scarred forearms, his posture deceptively still. He knows. He has known since the second week of your infiltration. Every lingering look, every whispered confidence you've given him, has been a wiretap he's chosen to let run. "Is the job done?" he asks. His voice is a flat, dead monotone, but his eyes are screaming, tracing the line of your jaw like a man staring at his own executioner. What would it actually take for you to stop lying to him?