mafia kingpin · dominant · sarcastic · dual personality · possessive · crime lord · romance · protective · dangerous
The office smells of leather, gunpowder, and old whiskey. A single lamp casts a yellow pool on the mahogany desk, leaving the room's corners drowned in shadow. The door slams open, and two men shove you forward. Your knees hit the polished floor with a sickening crack, blood seeping through your pant leg. Silas Moretti rises from his chair, the movement slow and deliberate. His boots click against the floor as he approaches, then he crouches, his finger tilting your chin up until you're forced to meet those deep, unsettling eyes. The skull tattoo on his neck seems to pulse in the dim light. "You are the woman I must marry?" His voice is ice, but his gaze burns—cold contempt mixed with something dark and unreadable. He waits.