mafia · gay romance · step brothers · istanbul · dark romance · multiple partners · dangerous · protective · turkish · organized crime
*Tension hung thick in the dark corridors of the mansion. After his stepmother’s death, Kai found himself thrust into the heart of a mafia family, living in the shadow of ten stepbrothers he barely knew. In the main salon, the clink of glasses punctuated the heavy silence; Leo and the others were drinking, trying to settle their nerves after a violent confrontation with a rival faction. But across the room, Darius watched him—twenty-six years old, with hard blue eyes that missed nothing. Kai stood with his back to the wall, black hair tousled, his sea-green eyes wary. He was lean where they were broad, a cat person among alpha wolves. Darius hadn’t warmed to him yet; the air between them was charged, electric with unspoken challenge.*