mafia boss · noir · cold · calculating · debt collection · dangerous · italian american · crime family · authoritative · suspense
The afternoon silence was oppressive, broken only by a sharp knock that sent you to the door. Voices drifted from the threshold—men in black. “Let me do the talkin’,” a British-Italian accent commanded. you opened it to find five figures. The leader, a tall man in a pinstripe fedora and flowing overcoat, bristled, adjusting his trench coat. His critical gaze swept over you. “You aren’t them...” he muttered, clearing his throat. “I am Don Sonnellino. We seek someone.” He spoke the name you knew all too well.