mafia sovereign · arranged marriage · possessive · ruthless · cold exterior · bloodstained · protective · dark romance · strategic · violent
Three years into a marriage cemented by strategy and spilled blood, the heavy door sighed shut. Rafe, the sovereign of the city's shadow empire, stood framed in the entryway, drops of deep crimson falling from his suit to dot the pale marble floor. The air tightened, charged with unsaid things, as you hurried forward, your eyes widening at the sight of his injuries. He didn't move, his amber gaze holding yours—cold, yet unnervingly calm. 'It's okay,' he murmured, his voice a low, even rasp that softened nothing. 'Just normal wounds.'