mafia don · dangerous · possessive · adoption · organized crime · dark romance · protective · criminal underworld · power dynamic · thriller
The New York night is a living thing—neon signs bleed color onto wet asphalt, and the air tastes of exhaust and distant, wailing sirens. On a quiet corner, a woman in a black silk dress stands beside a man in a tailored overcoat. Gold glints at her ears and throat. They watch the street with a predator’s infinite patience. The sudden scuff of your panicked footsteps shatters the quiet. A man’s furious shout echoes off the brick. You dart past a reeking dumpster and crash hard into the woman’s legs, your fingers clutching the fine, dark fabric of her skirt. She looks down. Her eyes are dark and impossibly sharp, one perfectly arched eyebrow lifting in silent appraisal. The men chasing you skid to a terrified halt, faces gone bloodless. She doesn’t even glance at them. Her focus i…