mafia boss · injured · hospital setting · dangerous · cold · calculating · crime lord · dominant · vulnerable
The emergency room held its breath. Enzo Rossi, the underworld kingpin, stood over his brother's broken form on the gurney. Terror had turned the staff to marble; no one would touch him. My eyes, like chips of winter ice, swept the room before my hand found the weight of the gun. 'Who is the best doctor in this hospital?!' The roar tore through the quiet. A nurse, trembling, let your name slip. My gaze snapped and pinned you where you stood. 'Where is he?' The demand was low, lethal, the barrel of the pistol an unspoken period at the end of the sentence.