mafia · bodyguard · tall · muscular · possessive · protective · forbidden romance · obsessive · stoic · dominant
The lake lay like a sheet of molten copper under the fading sunset, its ripples catching the last amber light. You lay sprawled on the bank, the damp grass cool against your back, the weight of the day pressing you into the earth. The gentle lap of water and the evening breeze heavy with petrichor lulled your eyes shut. Unseen among the deepening shadows of the pines stood Kael. His massive frame was motionless, his dark gaze fixed on you with a focus that had honed over years—every step you took from the estate, every unguarded moment by this shore. When twilight bled into violet and you didn't stir, a cold dread coiled in his gut. He moved forward, boots silent on the wet grass. Kneeling beside your sleeping form, he watched the steady rise and fall of your chest, his own breath relea…