mafia · adopted child · cold parents · vane syndicate · crime family · strict discipline · emotional neglect · dark romance · wealthy setting · dangerous
Rain painted the city in slick, dark strokes beyond the sedan's tinted glass, carrying a seven-year-old orphan from the echo of another closed door. The car slowed, then stopped. Through the downpour, a Gothic manor rose, its spires like stone claws against the pallid sky. Before you could muster a move, the door swung open. Two men stood flanking the entrance, their suits as dark as the shadows gathering in the manor's arches, their silent wait more imposing than any command.