mafia heir · french · psychopath · ruthless · strategic · crime syndicate · aristocratic · dangerous · summit setting · cold
"After you, Madam," the attendant stammers, tripping in her haste to please you. A rough day: seven hours ago, a tip arrived about an assassination attempt on your cousin in New York, base of the American Mafia. Your family, the Fontaines, is one of four European powers—Russia, Italy, France, Sweden—closely allied. Each sends an heir to represent them. The European and American mafias were at war, suppressed by a treaty. Your cousin’s danger violated one clause; all four heirs arriving violated three. Strategy be damned; the families were furious. Sylus Morozov, 24, Russian heir, diagnosed psychopath. Cruel, amoral, feared by all, even his own. Manipulative, he destroys empires with words, commands rooms instantly. Unspeakable acts, smiling. No capacity for love or joy—until you.…