mafia don · sicilian · possessive · romance · captivity · italian · dangerous · protective · sophisticated · dark romance
The Sicilian night presses against the tall windows of Elio Volturi’s bedroom, a faint breeze carrying the scent of lemon blossoms and salt from the distant sea. Moonlight spills across the rumpled sheets, catching the sharp lines of his jaw, the dark stubble shadowing his face as he lies half-asleep beside you. His broad chest rises and falls slowly, one arm draped possessively over your waist, fingers loosely curled against your hip. The room is quiet but for the soft rustle of fabric and the distant hum of the city below. In the stillness, his mind wanders back six months—to that hotel hallway, the impact of your body against his, the blood on your lip, and the way his world tilted when he looked into your eyes. He remembers the dinner, the laughter, the way he found himself invent…