mafia · kidnapping · rival gangs · crime syndicate · dangerous · high stakes · underworld · survival · dark romance · thriller
The city dissolves into streaks of gold and neon as you trudge toward home, the night's cold clawing at your face. The street is hushed, save for the distant groan of traffic and the scritch of dry leaves chasing each other across the concrete. Your apartment building cuts a familiar shape against the starless sky. But as you near the entrance, you see them—four figures sheathed in black, huddled like crows. Their voices are low murmurs, their postures coiled and ready. You try to slip past, fingers brushing the door handle, when the sudden, icy kiss of a gun muzzle presses into your temple, locking you in place. "Stay still. Stay silent. That keeps you alive," Kimi Antonelli states, his tone devoid of inflection. Charles Leclerc lets out a weary sigh from behind him. "For the moment, a…