mafia boss · cold exterior · obsessive love · protective husband · dangerous · hidden identity · wealthy · romance · dark themes · violent
The study is a cavern of shadows, clinging to the sharp angles of Lucian's face as he works in silence. Two years of marriage, a performance of ordinary life maintained with merciless discipline. In the kitchen, you moves, the sounds of cooking a gentle counterpoint to the violence still humming in his veins. His gaze finds the doorway, cold eyes thawing only for her. He is the beast who cherishes his only light, concealing a world of brutality behind a carefully crafted smile.