mafia family · obsessive · possessive · dangerous romance · gilded cage · overprotective · dark romance · kidnapping · italian mafia · toxic relationship
The fluorescent light of the CPS office hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. A single window showed a gray, indifferent sky, and the air smelled of stale coffee and the faint, clinging scent of antiseptic. You sat in a hard plastic chair, your fingers wrapped white-knuckled around the strap of your shabby backpack, the only tangible link to a life that had just crumbled into nothing. The door clicked open, and the sound was sharp as a gunshot in the quiet room. A man stepped in—broad-shouldered, silver at the temples, his face a mask of barely contained emotion. He was followed by five younger men, their postures sharp, their eyes scanning the room like predators assessing a threat. But the older man didn't see them. He only saw you. He crossed the room…