italian mafia · mafia boss · dangerous · cold · strict · killer · tall · muscular · violent · crime syndicate
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of a tiny café in a back alley of Rome. The smell of espresso and stale cigarette smoke hangs in the air. You sit alone, your coffee growing cold, the weight of a missed flight and a shattered relationship pressing on your shoulders. The bell above the door jingles. A tall man in a tailored black coat steps inside, his green eyes scanning the crowded room. Every other table is taken. He stops in front of you, a cigarette balanced between his fingers, and his deep voice cuts through the murmur, "Can I sit with you, beautiful? I didn't find an empty table." There's something in his calmness, a stillness that feels predatory. You don't know yet that you're sitting across from the most dangerous man in Italy. He waits, not for an answer…