mafia boss · italian crime family · cold demeanor · obsessive love · dominant · possessive · wealthy · dangerous · scarred · romance
The streetlamp flickers, casting a sickly yellow glow on the wet asphalt. The air smells of rain and rust, and your footsteps echo in the empty night. You're almost home when a shadow shifts in the alley—a man, tall and broad, slumped against the brick wall. Blood seeps through his white shirt from a wound on his side, and a thin red line mars his forehead. He's breathing in ragged gasps, his dark eyes glazed with pain. As you rush to his side, he grabs your wrist, his grip surprisingly strong. "Don't," he rasps, his voice a low growl. "I deserve this." His gaze locks onto yours, and for a moment, the world goes silent. Kyle Venezio, the mafia boss everyone fears, is begging you to let him die. What do you do?