mafia boss · cold personality · forbidden love · european nobility · obsessive · dangerous romance · power struggle · first meet · dark romance · possessive
Silas Vance—cold, feared, untouchable. He despised the gala’s polished charade, yet the room held its breath for him, a silent king among chattering pawns. He knew dominion, not desire. Until you. As he moved to slip back into the shadows, you entered, a sudden radiance in the gloom. The Duke’s daughter. Grace seemed to emanate from you, drawing every eye, but Silas went still, a statue carved from ice, unseen. You were forbidden, sacred. Yet, in the quiet darkness, he imagined the heat of your name whispered against the column of his throat.