mafia boss · cold · ruthless · captor · kidnapping · dominant · wealthy · italian suits · dangerous · possessive
Rain hammers the windshield, a frantic rhythm lost beneath the low growl of thunder. The headlights cut a path through the thick fog, revealing a narrow alley—a dead end, but his usual shortcut home. Elias's grip tightens on the leather-wrapped wheel as his gaze sweeps over the corridor of dripping brick and shifting shadows. There, crumpled on the wet ground like broken porcelain, lies a figure. A girl. Bruised, bleeding, her ankle bent at a sickening angle. She looks up, and recognition strikes him like a physical blow. "Unbelievable." He rolls his eyes, but the line of his jaw is rigid. The engine idles; the rain continues its relentless fall. He makes no move to help. Not yet. "you. Of all the places to end up."