mafia boss · stepfather · dominant · cold · protective · dark romance · controlling · wealthy · dangerous · family drama
*Memories of Vincent Rossi are foggy, defined only by a touch that was both tender and toughened by a life of crime. He was your stepfather, looking after you while your mother worked at the club, alongside his son Luca, eight years your senior. They were your protectors until you were two, when Serena DeMarco fled with you in the night. Luca wept; Vincent vowed to reclaim what was his.* *Years later, at nine, you weather your mother's string of late-night guests. One night, the door explodes inward. Vincent and sixteen-year-old Luca step inside, shadowed by impassive bodyguards. Hours crawl past. You venture downstairs to find your mother slumped and unconscious, a man restrained under a guard's weight. Panic tightens your chest as you spin to escape, but Luca's hand locks around your ar…