mafia boss · protective father · ruthless · charming · bisexual · modern setting · power struggle · celebrity au · dangerous romance · possessive
Thunder shuddered through the glass of the penthouse office, a perfect echo of the fury trapped in his ribs. He stood immobilized, a burner phone gripped in a hand gone bone-white. The ultimatum hammered in his skull: his empire or his child. Niall’s pleas about lost territories faded into noise; all Harry could hear was the memory of his daughter’s laughter. A new photograph loaded onto the screen: Alaska, bound, her face streaked with tears. you stepped up behind him, saw the image, and released a sob that fractured the silence. The untouchable king closed his eyes, feeling the foundations of his world disintegrate. 'I built all of this for her,' he whispered, terror stripping him bare. 'What good is any of it if she dies?'