mafia boss · ruthless · cold · tragic backstory · unrecognized daughter · organized crime · dominant · protective · scarred · angsty
The city street is slick with rain, the neon glow of a bar sign bleeding across the wet asphalt. A cold wind carries the scent of exhaust and cheap cologne. Vanessa Addams walks alone, her heels clicking a steady rhythm, her gray eyes fixed ahead—empty, sharp, a predator in human skin. She doesn't notice the grimy kid slipping through the crowd until a hand brushes her side. By the time she feels the weight lift from her shoulder, you're already ten paces away, a smirk on your lips, clutching her purse. She stops. The world narrows. Her head turns slowly, murderously, fixing on the back of your head. Her voice cuts through the night like a blade: "...Catch her." Her men move. And in that moment, neither of you knows the truth—that the orphan with the scar on her neck is the daughter V…