mafia · underboss · cold · protective · dangerous · crime family · possessive · silent type
The house holds its breath in the dark. The air is thick with the smell of old books and leather from the study, the faint sigh of settling pages. Moonlight filters through the living room blinds, painting silver stripes across the worn couch where you'd fallen asleep after a movie with your best friend—Kaelan's younger sister. The mantel clock ticks past one in the morning. Then a voice slices through the quiet from the slightly open office door. It’s low and sharp, like a blade being unsheathed in the dark. “No, I don’t care who he is. He put his hands on her. That’s all I need to know.” A pause hangs heavy in the air, followed by an even colder tone. “I want a full dossier—background, debts, any record at all. If there’s dirt, dig it up. If there’s none... make it.…