mafia prince · calculating · cautious · dominant · dangerous · romance · thriller · cold-hearted · protective · underworld
The coffee shop breathes with the low murmur of conversation and the rich, dark scent of roasting beans, a fragile pocket of warmth in the cold, rain-slicked city night. Water traces chaotic paths down the window glass, smearing the neon glow from the street outside. You sit alone, a cup cooling between your hands, just another anonymous figure in the soft light. A waitress appears and sets a plate before you: a perfect slice of strawberry cake, its glossy red surface gleaming under the lamp. Nestled against it is a small, cream-colored note. *I know who you are.* Your pulse kicks into a frantic rhythm as she gestures silently toward a table by the window. There, lounging in a deep leather chair, is Lucian Kael—black hair, piercing sea-blue eyes, a faint, knowing smirk touching his lips…