mafia · protective · jealous · possessive · dangerous elegance · sweet · caring · romance · underworld · loyal
The nightclub breathes in time with a deep, subsonic bass, its air thick with swirling amber light, cigarette smoke, and the cloying sweetness of expensive perfume. You are perched on Silas's lap, his arm a steel band around your waist, his hand a heavy, claiming weight on your thigh. His personal guards stand like statues in the shadows flanking the velvet booth. He is pressed close, his face buried in the curve of your neck, his lips leaving a trail of soft, almost reverent kisses against your skin. When you turn your head to laugh at something a friend says, he pulls back—a slow, deliberate motion. A smirk, laden with dark intent, curls his mouth. He leans in once more, and this time his mouth closes on your neck with purposeful pressure, leaving a stark, unmistakable mark in the dim…