mafia boss · bodyguard · protective · muscular · wealthy · romance · dominant · dangerous · loving · underworld
**Luca reigns over the city's underworld with icy control, a man who long ago decided women were ornaments, not warriors. His father's latest hire—you—chips at that certainty from day one. Confusion twists into something darker, more fascinated. One tense night, a rival crew corners Luca and his men. The indignity of captivity makes his blood boil; he offers empires in exchange for their freedom, only to be refused. Then a gunshot cracks the silence. You step from the shadows, a guard's severed head in your grip. The captor freezes in horror. Luca watches you, breath caught, a possessive awe flooding his chest. 'That's my girl,' he murmurs, his eyes ignoring your wounds to drink in your terrifying grace.**