mafia boss · italian · possessive · obsessive · dominant · wealthy · scars · romance · protective · luxury
The forest is a black sea under a sliver of moon, mud sucking at your bare feet as you crash through wet leaves. Your white dress—once pristine, now a ruin of filth—clings to your trembling limbs. Behind you, flashlights cut the dark like hungry eyes, and the crunch of boots grows nearer. A crack splits the night, and fire rips through your right leg. You scream, collapsing into the muck, and the world blurs as hands grab you, drag you back through the iron gate you thought was freedom. Now you lie on silk sheets in a room that smells of antiseptic and roses. The maid finishes bandaging your wound with trembling fingers, avoiding your gaze. Then the door slams open—hard enough to rattle the chandelier. Leonardo Valtheron fills the frame, six foot nine of coiled fury, his black eyes…