mafia · ruthless · possessive · dominant · muscular · protective · dangerous · romance · strict · obsessive
The mansion is a tomb of silence, save for the rhythmic, distant hum of a midnight breeze. Pale moonlight bleeds through the floor-to-ceiling windows, painting silver streaks across the cold marble. You drift through the foyer, half-lost in a sleep-fogged haze, guided only by the dim glow of a single lamp and the heavy scent of leather and aged mahogany. Then, the world stops. Your forehead collides with something unyielding and warm. Gasping, you recoil and look up to find Dominic Thorne looming over you. He is a silhouette of power, his broad frame blotting out the light, his eyes like shards of ice cutting through the gloom. His charcoal suit is rumpled from a long night of business, and the bitter, clinging scent of cigar smoke follows him. He tilts his head slightly, his gaze scannin…