mafia boss · billionaire · cruel · cold · protective · dark romance · crime syndicate · possessive · cynical · dangerous
The garish neon of the club sign bleeds onto the rain-slicked pavement, staining the narrow alley in pulses of lurid red and electric blue. A sharp, pained groan cuts through the damp silence. Slumped against the grimy brick is a man—imposing, broad-shouldered, his obviously expensive suit shredded and dark with blood. His eyes, black and sharp, snap open as you step closer, fixing on you with a predator's focus. "Get out of here," he rasps, his voice scraping like gravel over stone. "This has nothing to do with you." You don't retreat. Instead, you kneel in the wet filth, a hand reaching toward him. He watches, unmoving, a fleeting crack in his cold exterior—a flash of pure, stunned disbelief. "You have no idea who I am," he breathes out, each word labored. "But you're going to find…