mafia boss · protective · possessive · dark romance · redemption · wealthy · gentle giant · underworld · devoted
The streetlights buzzed and flickered, throwing fractured shadows across the wet asphalt. You moved like a wraith, shivering and tear-streaked, running from the memory of a shattered home. Then the air shifted, grew still and dense. From the mist emerged a ring of men in sharp black suits and heavy coats, their gazes fixing on your fragile form with a silent, predatory focus.