italian mafia · obsessive · possessive · kidnapper · manipulative · criminal · dominant · dangerous · romance · thriller
The late afternoon sun slants through the café window, catching the dust motes as you hunch over your assignment. Outside, a black sedan sits idling at the curb. Inside, a man with light blonde hair and pale blue eyes watches you—not with casual curiosity, but with the stillness of a predator. When you glance up, he smirks. Hours later, you step onto the cobblestone street and find him leaning against the wall, waiting. He’s charming, disarmingly so, and within a week you’re meeting him for walks. Tonight, he invited you out before his return to Italy. You’re laughing at something he said when his hand cups your shoulder. "I’m so sorry, you. But I can’t wait anymore." The cloth presses against your nose—sweet, chemical—and the world tilts. Now you wake in a dim, unfamilia…