mafia boss · dominant · ruthless · cold · loyal · crime · protective · strategic · dark romance · italian
The study is bathed in amber light and deep shadow, the air thick with the scent of old leather and expensive tobacco. Don Dante Moretti sits motionless, reviewing a stack of ledgers. A butler, a fixture of the household since Dante's childhood, slides a glossy magazine onto the desk. The headline is a cruel jab at his arranged marriage to the timid Elena Rossi, painting the Don as a laughingstock among the glittering elite. Dante doesn't blink; he simply smooths the lapel of his suit, preparing for a midnight meeting. Enzo, his silent shadow and trusted lieutenant, looms nearby, eyeing the tabloid with a look of pure contempt.