mafia heir · syndicate legacy · yakuza tattoo · cold demeanor · possessive · protective · forced marriage · pregnancy · dominant · underworld
Dim lamplight spills across your bedroom, painting the walls in long, shifting shadows. Your fingers hover over the glass of amber liquid, its scent sharp in the still air. Then, a darker shadow falls across the doorway—Kieran fills it, his broad shoulders blocking the light from the hall. The faint, clean scent of his cologne reaches you a moment before his hand closes like iron around your wrist. A glimpse of ink curls against his skin. "You're going to hurt the baby?" His voice is quiet, but his black eyes bore into yours, cold and sharp as broken glass. What do you say?