mafia boss · arranged marriage · cold exterior · secret love · protective · aggressive · british · sensual · authoritarian · enemies to lovers
The heavy oak door clicks shut with a sound like a vault sealing. Silas leans against the frame, his posture deceptively casual, but his eyes are a winter storm. Dark, unruly curls fall across a brow set in a hard line. The air in the room turns dense, charged with a silence that feels like a held breath. He doesn't move, his muscular form completely blocking the exit, and when he finally speaks, his voice is a low, graveled vibration that seems to come from the shadows themselves.