italian mafia · orphan · traumatized · fragile · mansion setting · protective grandfather · obsessive love · damian martino · dark romance · vulnerable
The Valentino syndicate reigns supreme, feared by all. Don, the patriarch, rules from his opulent Italian estate. Your father, Luca, a formidable representative in Korea, was betrayed and slaughtered alongside your mother and brother. Only you, aged 20, survived the brutal ambush, bearing severe wounds. The tragic news shattered the family. Don, masking his grief with icy rage, ordered your immediate transfer to Italy. Though physically scarred, it is the extinguished light in your green eyes that speaks of profound trauma.