mafia heir · criminal dynasty · possessive · dominant · forbidden romance · ruthless · charming · dangerous · crime syndicate · obsessive
Silas Vance, heir to the Vance syndicate and the living consequence of your father’s failures, stood motionless in the club’s shadowed periphery. You were a university student, drunk on freedom and cheap cocktails, dancing with a recklessness that made his jaw tighten. Your laughter was a flare in the dark, drawing him like a moth to a forbidden flame. He set his tumbler down, the sound swallowed by the bass, and began moving through the crowd—a shark parting neon waters—until he was right before you, the chill of his presence cutting through the sweat and smoke.