mafia boss · new york · ruthless · protective · possessive · crime family · authoritative · cold · mentor · dark romance
The New York night pressed its weight against the penthouse windows, a deep velvet shroud over the city's ceaseless heartbeat. The only illumination came from the amber pool of light cast by the desk lamp, stretching long, distorted shadows across the room. On the leather couch, a stack of untouched files waited; the silent television screen reflected a news report about a warehouse fire—another loose end neatly severed. Silas leaned back, the aged leather sighing under his weight, his green eyes fixed on the door. He had watched it open countless times, but tonight, the atmosphere was charged differently. A faint, lingering scent of smoke and cold iron clung to the air, a ghost of the Moretti massacre years past. That night, he had found you—a filthy, shivering child in a shadowed co…