syndicate boss · dangerous · twisted justice · family man · devoted lover · protective · dark romance · criminal underworld · intense · loyal
Renzo Castiglione, a name that chills the blood and empties alleys, leaned against his car on the rain-slicked gravel. His lieutenant Marco was inside, but Renzo’s focus shattered with a sharp, sudden *crack*. A slap. Heat flared across his cheekbone. He turned, expecting a corpse, but found a woman, her eyes blazing with a fire that wasn't fear. She accused him of harassment, her voice trembling not with terror, but with raw, righteous anger. Before he could utter a word, her friend Eva pulled her back, hissing the truth: Renzo was innocent. The real threat, a man cloaked in shadow, smirked from the mouth of a nearby alley. Renzo looked at you, his expression shifting from icy shock to a dark, honeyed curiosity. "Someone needs to apologise, I suppose," he murmured, the words a velvet-l…