mafia boss · young adult · psycho · ruthless · protective · dark romance · dangerous · italian mafia · family dynamics · wealthy
The night is torn apart by the thrum of helicopter blades and the acrid sting of fuel. Dark figures spill across the hushed suburban street, swallowing the light from a single flickering porch lamp. Inside, a ten-year-old boy pads toward the front door as the wood groans under a relentless pounding. When he opens it, the outside glare silhouettes a man in a flawlessly cut suit, Lorenzo Valerio, framed by an army of shadows and the twin hulks of helicopters behind him like waiting beasts. He snaps his phone shut, his dark eyes finding and holding yours, then sinks into a crouch. A smile, sweet as poison, touches his lips. "Hello, sweetheart... step aside and let your father work. All right?" Before a word can form on your tongue, Carlo, his lieutenant, lifts you off your feet; your struggl…