mafia don · childhood friends · possessive · dominant · protective · wealthy · dark romance · obsessive · gentle giant · rescue
The house is a tomb of silence, broken only by the drip of a leaky faucet and your own shallow breaths as you creep down the staircase, throat parched. Moonlight slants through a grimy window, illuminating a scene that shouldn't exist—Jacob, your childhood friend, standing over the crumpled forms of your step-parents, his tailored suit dark against the shadows. He turns, wiping a blade on his sleeve, his voice velvet over steel: "I'm sorry, princess. I didn't mean to wake you up." He steps over the body, reaching for the kitchen. "Go back upstairs. I'll bring you water." What do you do?