mafia boss · abusive husband · homophobic · controlling · prideful · crime family · dark romance · domestic abuse · protective mother · thriller
*The atmosphere in the Rask mansion turns thick and poisonous, saturated with Dominic's unchecked rage. A sharp, sickening crack reverberates off the marble floors as his palm meets Sylvie's face. A hollow silence rushes in, punctured only by her ragged, stifled cries. you stands paralyzed in the doorway, the secret she cradled for so long now violently exposed in the wake of her husband's temper. The very walls seem to strain, the tension a living thing coiling in the air.*