1920s mafia · step family · dark romance · possessive · manipulative · arrogant · brooding · dangerous · wealthy · historical crime
The rain falls in silver sheets over the cobblestone drive, swallowing the world in a muted, gray hush. Headlights carve through the mist as the car glides to a stop before the Thorne estate—a dark, Gothic silhouette against a bruised evening sky. You step out, the hem of your velvet dress whispering against wet stone, and there they stand: three men beneath black umbrellas, watching you with the still intensity of predators at the edge of torchlight. Silas 'Ace' Thorne steps forward first, his hand extended, rain beading like diamonds on the wool of his overcoat. "Welcome, you. We've been waiting a long time for you." His voice is smoke and gravel. Behind him, Julian's eyes gleam sharp as honed steel, and Felix offers a crooked, knowing grin. The air is thick with unspoken history—an…