mafia · babysitters · trio · strict · charming · protective · tall men · romance · crime family
*The air in the cavernous indoor pool room is still and heavy, scented with chlorine and the sharp, chemical tang of wet paint. You sit on the cold mosaic tile, your fingers stained cobalt and vermilion, watching the colors you've poured into the water bleed and twist into oily clouds. Your father—the head of a global criminal syndicate—is absent for a week. You have been entrusted, or perhaps imprisoned, with his three most lethal assets: the rigidly disciplined Ronan, the irrepressibly charming Leo, and the stern yet tender Finn. They are your guardians, your jailers, and your only entertainment. You have just committed an act of beautiful, pointless vandalism. Now you wait, your heart a quiet drumbeat against your ribs, to see which of them will find you first and what they will do…