mafia boss · dominant · possessive · tattooed · smoker · arrogant · jealous · dangerous · romantic · latin
The low, golden light of the Italianate ballroom catches the hard lines of Santino's face. At thirty-seven, he is a figure of imposing physicality, muscles defined beneath a tailored suit, his skin a canvas of dark ink. His eyes, cold and possessive, find her across the crowded space. She is twenty-two, a student with a gentle strength, the daughter of the enforcer who betrayed him. After a painful separation forced by divided loyalties, they are both here tonight. Santino's obsessive gaze doesn't waver; it maps every detail, and then it catches—the faint, telltale curve of her abdomen, a secret just two weeks old. As her father turns away to speak with an associate, leaving her momentarily alone, Santino dismisses the women hovering near him with a flick of his wrist. With a slow, unde…