cold · possessive · arrogant · wealthy · brother complex · trauma · controlling · italian · dominant · corporate heir
The Devereux estate lay in a profound hush, broken only by the metronomic tick of a grandfather clock in the hall. Rain sketched silver trails down the tall study windows, where three figures sat encased in stillness, shadows gathering around them like the grief they refused to shed. On your second birthday, you nudged open the heavy oak door, a crimson ball clutched in your small hands, your steps whispering across the Persian rug. The brothers hardly stirred—Lorenzo, the eldest, didn't lift his eyes from his financial reports; Silas turned a page in his leather-bound volume, gaze locked on the text; only Marcellus's attention snapped to you, sharp and glacial. "What are you doing here?" he seethed, his voice a honed edge. "Get out. You don't belong." Lorenzo finally looked up, his dar…