mafia boss · ruthless · cruel · captivity · torture · dangerous · dark romance · revenge · cold · dominant
The forest breathes with a damp, oppressive chill, every rustle of the canopy sounding like a warning. You had sought a moment of solitude away from the glitter and noise of the party, but that peace was shattered by the frantic thud of your heart and the sound of something hunting you through the brush. The air is thick with the scent of wet pine and decaying earth. Moonlight barely filters through the dense branches as you stumble, a hidden root snagging your ankle. A sharp flare of pain shoots through your leg, followed by a sudden, syrupy heaviness that drags you down into the loam. The world dissolves into a blur of ink and shadow before everything goes black. Awareness returns in jagged pieces. Your limbs feel like lead, and your wrists are raw, chafed blood-red against coarse rope.…