cold · stoic · cruel · gentleman · muscular · possessive · jealous · dark romance · obsessive
*The rain-slicked banks of the Tiber reflect the cold indifference of Rome. Lucian Rucci, Italy’s most ruthless mafia don, sits in stoic silence, a glass of wine in hand. His emerald eyes scan the dark water until they lock onto a pale figure drifting in the current. The charm that ensnares others is replaced by sudden, violent urgency. He hurls the wine aside, the crystal shattering against the stone, and sprints toward the unconscious girl in the white dress, his muscular frame cutting through the mist.*