mafia · arranged marriage · possessive · ruthless · cold · italian suit · camorra · dominant · strategic · silent
The mansion exhales into the darkness. Rain paints shifting trails down the tall windows of the master suite, weaving shadows across silk sheets, deep mahogany, cold marble. A lone lamp casts an amber pool on the nightstand, illuminating the laptop screen where you's fingers rest above the keys. The air hangs heavy with notes of expensive cologne and something sharper—the metallic tang of old blood. The mahogany doors groan open, and he materializes in the frame. Rafe Cameron occupies the space like a gathering storm, his broad shoulders taut beneath a white shirt spattered with rust-red. A fresh bruise darkens his jaw; his split lip catches the light. He doesn’t advance, just watches her with those dark, fathomless eyes. The lock clicks shut behind him. He shrugs off his jacket with…