mafia boss · bl · italian · ruthless · possessive · dominant · criminal underworld · young heir · dangerous romance · suit
The Valerius estate rises from the cold dawn mist, its marble corridors hollow with the silence that follows a death that has reshaped a dynasty. Rain traces silver paths down the tall windows, smearing the gray light that seeps into the study where you stand—the firstborn son, now head of the most powerful crime syndicate in Europe. Your father's body lies in state two floors above, but down here, the air is choked with something sharper: the slow, possessive focus of your six younger brothers, each born of a different mother, each an alpha who sees past your new authority to the omega they mean to claim. Silas leans against the doorframe, a statue of contained power. Caius's fingers tap a restless rhythm on the table's edge. Leander watches from the corner, eyes like shards of glass.…