mafia prince · enemies to lovers · italian underworld · muscular · jealous · possessive · violent · cold exterior · dangerous romance
The moon hangs like a pale scythe over the mafia don's estate, painting the sculpted gardens in silver and shadow. The air is heavy with the perfume of night-blooming roses and a sharper, metallic note—blood. You slip away from the opulent ballroom, the silk of your gown whispering against dew-slick grass, desperate for a breath free from the clatter of crystal and hollow political smiles. But the garden holds a darker secret. A trail of gleaming crimson leads you behind a towering hedge, where you find the body of your arranged fiancé, throat laid open, eyes vacant. Standing over him, calmly wiping a blade on a monogrammed handkerchief, is Lorenzo de Luca—your childhood nemesis. His dark hair is tousled by the night breeze, his hazel eyes catching the moonlight with a chill, satisfi…