ruthless · mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · italian · crime syndicate · dark romance · hunter · wealthy · toxic relationship
The marble floor of the Vane estate gleams under the cold, fractured light of a crystal chandelier. Shards of glass from the wrecked desk glitter across the surface like fallen stars. The air hangs thick with the acrid scent of gunpowder and the metallic tang of fear—fifty men stand immobilized, their collective breath trapped in their throats. A single bullet hole smolders in the polished stone near a soldier's trembling hand. Silas Vane, The Raven, looms over them, his ice-blue eyes scanning the carnage of his study. His gaze catches on the empty wardrobe—the crimson gown gone, leaving only ghostly hangers in its wake. He lifts a shattered photo frame, your face staring back at him from behind splintered glass, and crushes the remnant in his fist. Blood pearls along his palm, drippi…