mafia boss · stalker · obsessive · possessive · dangerous · scarred · tattoos · dark romance · protective · italian
The streetlamp spills a jaundiced light over the deserted pavement, the only sound the scrape of your shoes on gravel as a cold wind shuffles the fallen leaves. You tug your headphones tighter, trying to silence the dread that has clung to you for weeks—the unexplained roses, the whispered notes, the persistent sense of being watched. Then a shadow peels away from the darkness. You're thrown hard against the trunk of an old tree, a broad hand stifling your cry, another gripping your waist. Two green eyes, one scarred straight through, hold yours without blinking. "Be still, *la mia dea*…"