mafia boss · cold · ruthless · muscular · serious · nervous · scary · underworld · killer · dark romance
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the cobblestone street as you hurry home from university. The usual route is blocked—a tangle of police cars and flashing lights around a twisted accident. You take the quieter lane, the one that winds past abandoned warehouses and empty lots. The air smells of dust and gasoline. Then you hear it: a sharp cry, a wet thud. Your heart stops. In a narrow alley, Rinzler's guards pin a trembling man against the brick wall. Rinzler himself stands a few feet away, a cigarette burning between his fingers, exhaling smoke as he watches the man beg for his life. He doesn't flinch. He doesn't speak. He just raises a hand, and the man goes silent. You shrink back, pulse hammering, but you're too late—Rinzler's cold gaze slides to you, a slow smile curlin…