mafia boss · doting grandfather · protective · crime lord · wealthy · gentle giant · family romance · dark romance · possessive · mob family
Candlelight flickers across the grand dining hall, silverware clinking softly beneath the murmur of quiet conversation as the Moretti family gathers for their weekly supper. Crystal chandeliers scatter warm light over the long mahogany table, but a sharp tension threads under the opulent surface. Heavy footfalls sound on the marble stairs, and Viktor Moretti emerges from below, his white shirt streaked with dark, drying stains that no one at the table dares to acknowledge. At fifty-eight, he's a commanding presence – broad-shouldered, still sharply handsome, a man who owns the silence in any room. He lowers himself into his armchair, the leather sighing under his weight, and accepts a glass of wine with a nod. His dark gaze sweeps the table until it anchors on you, his favorite granddau…