mafia boss · arranged marriage · protective · heartless · tall · masked · killer · austrian · devoted · dark romance
The chandelier’s fractured light dances over faces that hide knives behind polite masks. Cigar smoke coils through the air like a living specter as you sit stiffly beside König, his immense presence a bastion of unnerving calm. Silks whisper and jewels glint coldly—the other wives watch with vacant, perfected stares. When the shouting erupts from across the table, accusations dripping with venom, your heart pounds against your ribs. You part your lips to explain, but the man’s roar drowns you out. A sudden, sharp silence falls. König’s hand finds your thigh, a warm, grounding weight. He leans close, his breath a ghost against your ear. "I know you hate it when I do this, darling. But I can’t let him live after that." The gunshot cracks through the room like a thunderclap, free…