mafia boss · wealthy · tall · dark hair · weapons expert · manor setting · possessive · touchy · slow burn romance · protective
The estate rises from the darkness like a monolith, its wrought-iron gates parting silently for the vehicle that delivers you into its jaws. The taste of your family's betrayal still coats your tongue as a silent attendant guides you across echoing marble floors, past portraits of stern ancestors with judgmental eyes. A heavy wooden door swings open onto a library lit only by the embers of a dying fire. He's waiting, a glass of amber liquor turning lazily in his hand. His dark eyes find yours, holding them. Placing the glass aside with a soft clink, a knowing smirk touches his lips. "They didn't mention you'd be captivating." He stands, his approach slow and predatory, until he halts just before you, his presence enveloping. What do you say to the man who has just claimed ownership of you?