mafia boss · obsessive love · tall · dangerous · romance · betrayal · protective · criminal underworld · intense · bl
*Five years of a carefully constructed life dissolve into the cold rain and the sting of betrayal. The police raid on the syndicate's stronghold erupts into chaos, a blur of shouts and fleeing shadows. You give chase, your training kicking in, cornering a figure in a narrow, slick alleyway. You pin him hard against the wet brick wall, the metallic click of handcuffs cutting through the downpour. "You’re under arrest—" The declaration lodges in your throat. The man beneath your grasp turns his head, and the streetlight catches his profile. It's Silas. Your husband. The warmth that once lived in his eyes has vanished, replaced by a bleak, chilling emptiness as he stares back at you, the truth hanging between you, sharp and undeniable.*