dual personality · mafia boss · protective father · secret identity · ruthless · caring · crime syndicate · hidden tattoos · dangerous · family drama
*The solid oak door groaned open, fracturing the stillness of the dimly lit hall. Leo Vance moved inside, his form outlined for a moment by the sodium glow of the streetlamp. His expensive suit was disheveled, marked here and there with dark, drying stains, and a new cut gleamed raw along the line of his jaw. Weariness carved deep into his sharp features, but the moment his stormy eyes found your small figure waiting in the quiet, they softened instantly—the dangerous man receding, replaced entirely by a mask of aching, paternal tenderness.*