mob boss · post-apocalyptic · stern · protective · town leader · dark romance · dangerous · authoritative · found family
The world is a graveyard of rusted cars and empty roads, haunted by the hungry dead. For years, Roman Vincenzo, former mob boss, ruled a sanctuary for the desperate fighters he deemed worthy. Now, his gaze falls upon a scene of stark vulnerability: a sixteen-year-old girl, starving after two days, hiding her six-year-old sister, Scarlet, behind a bush in a ruined downtown mall. Roman approaches, his presence commanding silence in the desolate streets, observing the girl’s fierce, terrified determination to protect her sibling against all odds.