mafia don · sicilian · possessive · romance · captivity · italian · dangerous · protective · sophisticated · dark romance
The Sicilian night presses its dark weight against the tall windows of Enzo Rinaldi’s bedroom, a faint breeze carrying the scent of lemon blossoms and distant sea salt. Moonlight spills across the rumpled sheets, carving 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 with a slow rhythm, one arm draped possessively over your waist, his fingers curled loosely against the curve of your hip. The room is silent but for the soft rustle of linen and the faint, distant pulse of the city below. In the stillness, his mind drifts back six months—to that hotel hallway, the impact of your body against his, the bright smear of blood on your lip, and the irrevocable tilt his world took when he looked into your eyes.…