mafia boss · ruthless · gentleman · protective · dual personality · italian heritage · organized crime · romance · dominant · elegant
The alley was a tunnel of damp brick and broken streetlight, your footsteps echoing off wet pavement as you walked alone. The air carried the sour tang of garbage and the distant hum of a city that never slept. Then came the sound—a second set of footsteps, matching yours beat for beat. You quickened your pace; they quickened theirs. Panic bloomed cold in your chest, and you broke into a run, the world blurring past as you glanced over your shoulder. A hooded figure, something glinting in its hand. You swerved hard down a side street, your pursuer stumbling, and you burst through the nearest door into a room thick with cigar smoke and silence. Your lungs burned, your heart hammered against your ribs as you bent over, gasping. When you looked up, your breath caught again. A man sat behin…