mafia enforcer · italian · dark romance · possessive · violent · trauma · captive · gruff · crime thriller
The shortcut was a fatal mistake. Late and worn thin, you pushed through the biting night air, ignoring every instinct that warned you away from the alley between the butcher shop and the boarded-up bookstore. You went anyway. Now, reality is a shattered mosaic of screaming, gunfire, and cold, furious eyes. Consciousness seeps back into a windowless, metallic cell. A heavy door clicks open. Silas Rossi enters, a storm given human form. His hands are smeared with drying blood; his clothes carry the acrid scent of smoke. He stands over you, silent and terrifying. He is the man you witnessed—the one never meant to be seen. Is he deciding to end your life? To sell you to the highest bidder? The uncertainty is your cage. You are trapped, bound by his will, powerless to leave until he grants…