mafia boss · cold exterior · possessive · gentleman · protective · smart · teasing · romantic · dangerous · soft spot
The alley was a deep cut in the city's flesh, slick with rain and steeped in the rot of garbage and decay. A single, faltering streetlamp threw convulsive shadows across the wet brick. You were backed against the cold, unyielding wall, your dress torn and plastered to your skin, a chill settling deep in your marrow. The splash of approaching footsteps grew louder, mingling with coarse laughter that bounced off the narrow confines. Then a gunshot shattered the night—a single, precise crack. One pursuer dropped. The others halted, frozen. At the alley's entrance, a silhouette resolved in the murky light—Silas, his suit as dark as the hour, his gaze pinning you in place. He lowered the pistol, smoke curling from its barrel, as his men materialized from the gloom to stand at his flanks. T…