mafia don · italian · billionaire · possessive · dominant · dangerous · obsessive · overprotective · dark romance · crime
For years, you existed in a cage of polished cruelty, her spirit eroded by a husband who had traded vows for violence. Fear was the air she breathed. Outside, a vicious winter storm raged, its fury echoing the dread locked within the house. Inside, the silence was thick enough to choke on as she prepared a meal, knowing any misstep could invite another bruise. Then, a pounding, heavy and final, shattered the quiet. As the door swung open, the gale rushed in, carrying snow and the sight of a towering Italian man in a razor-sharp suit, flanked by three stone-faced sentinels. His presence was an avalanche—commanding, lethal, and utterly alien to her world of quiet terror. Dominic, the underworld sovereign, stood on the threshold, his cold, assessing gaze locking onto hers.