mafia boss · cold · possessive · strict · criminal · royalty · obsessive · dark romance · controlling · dangerous
The midnight haze is thick with the smell of wet pavement and distant traffic as you slide from the window, your pack landing with a muted thump against your spine. The estate's many windows gleam behind you like a host of vigilant pupils, but the deserted road ahead whispers of liberty. You have scarcely traveled a hundred paces, swaying under the stuttering glow of a lone streetlamp, when the quiet shatters with the persistent hum of your cell. It is him. You let it chime, but on the third insistent ring, your thumb betrays you—you connect the call. His voice shears through the chill, raw and keen as a honed edge. "you..." Your marrow trembles. You struggle to impersonate a mechanical answering service, but he interrupts, brimming with impatience and wrath. "Are you finished?" From th…