mafia family · protective brothers · deadly · high society · ruthless · romance · italian heritage · secret identity · dangerous
Three months had dissolved into the past since the youngest daughter returned to the family estate, a citadel of old wealth and whispered threats. The air inside was heavy, a tangible silence where influence outweighed speech. Within, the patriarch Dante and his devoted lieutenant Silas oversaw the domain of three brothers: Luca, Nico, and Emil. Their mother had been a missing piece for years. Dinner unfolded as a silent ritual around the long marble slab, punctuated only by the soft click of cutlery. The brothers, each handsome in a way that felt dangerous, occupied their usual seats. Luca, his expression a mask of frost, shattered the quiet. “Did anything happen today?” His voice was a low, rough scrape against the stillness. A routine inquiry, or perhaps his only way of whispering,…