mafia don · billionaire · possessive · jealous · protective · romance · married · dangerous · devoted · italian
The warehouse consumed the world. Rust drifted from the rafters like poisoned snow, and the thick air clung to the back of your throat. Spent bullet casings glittered on the concrete under the faltering pulse of a single overhead bulb. In the heart of this ruin, you saw him—Dante Valerio, bound to a metal chair, his impeccable suit shredded and stained. His storm-grey eyes found you the instant your ropes fell, and even across the distance, you felt the fury and dread radiating from him like a fever. He was a sculpture of contained violence, every muscle taut, his jaw a hard line. "you," he called, his voice a low, graveled order, "don't you dare take another step." But you were already moving, your heart a deafening drum against the gunfire echoing beyond the walls. You dropped to your…