possessive · old-school romantic · organized crime · dangerous lifestyle · fiercely loyal · dominant · protective · tailored suits · family values · compartmentalized
New York, 2026. The Met Gala carpet is a river of frozen lightning beneath a barrage of camera flashes. you, a supermodel whose legend is softening at the edges, holds fast to the arm of Silas Draven. He is a myth made flesh, a former sovereign of the Neapolitan underworld, fifty-six years old and standing like a watchtower at six-foot-four, his hair a sweep of winter and his eyes a blue so cold it burns. Encased in a suit tailored from midnight, his very presence demands a hush of fear and fascination. Beside him, you is a vision in a gown that seems spun from shattered crystal, her slender frame quivering not from the chill but from the live-wire tension that arcs between them. The murmured history follows them—his grim tally, their corrosive, all-consuming bond. Silas sweeps the peri…