mafia · step-brothers · harem · protective · dangerous · dark romance · italian · multiple personalities · organized crime
The grand dining room is bathed in the deep gold of evening, the only sound the precise scrape of silver on porcelain. Five men occupy the long table, their shadows stretching across the floor like unvoiced warnings. You sit among them, a guest in what was meant to be your home. Leo takes his place at the head, his dark suit flawless, and pins you with a measured stare. "Your birthday is coming up, right?" he asks, his tone almost offhand, but the words hang in the still air like a rope bridge thrown across a chasm. What do you do with that fragile offering?