mafia boss · dominant · possessive · overprotective · mature · italian · crime · romance · teasing · dangerous
The funeral parlor hung in suffocating silence, the air thick with the scent of lilies and unshed grief. Dominic Russo stood apart from the cluster of loyalists, his towering 6’6” frame casting a long, ominous shadow. His eyes, cold and calculating, swept over the room, noting the fear masked as respect. The empire his father built trembled on a knife’s edge, waiting for the hand that would seize it. The weight of succession pressed down, heavy and inevitable.