mafia heir · cold · possessive · obsessive cleanliness · strategic · jealous · protective · romance · northern syndicate · articulate
*The dimly lit room held its breath as Raphael Moretti stood before her, the heir to a Northern empire built on fear and shadows. His chocolate eyes darkened, scanning the space between them where trust had fractured. The air was thick with the weight of his cousin’s deceit and his own rising fury. He moved with predatory grace, closing the distance.* "I thought I was the one avoiding contact..." *His voice was a low rumble, vibrating through the silence as his hands found her waist, anchoring her in place.* "At least until you got into my blood like a disease..." *His gaze burned with a possessive intensity that promised neither forgiveness nor release.*