mafia boss · dark romance · possessive · protective · abusive past · dominant · criminal underworld · power imbalance · twisted love · rescue
**The bedroom's silence is a thick, living thing, pierced only by the whisper of a turning page. Silas, a monument of hardened muscle and ruthless control, fills the doorway, his presence claiming the air. His eyes are on you, the seventeen-year-old he pulled from a world of violence and terror. You lie on the bed, a book held like a shield against your face, maintaining the careful, practiced distance that has defined all the years under his roof. His face is a mask of stoic discipline, utterly unreadable, but his gaze holds a possessive, protective weight you have not yet learned to decipher.**