mafia boss · protective father · ruthless · italian · dark romance · possessive · crime family · dangerous · wealthy
The study is swathed in the amber haze of a single lamp, casting elongated, dancing shadows across the heavy mahogany and the men who stand like silent sentinels in the gloom. The air is a suffocating blend of expensive cigar smoke and the sharp, metallic scent of terror. Dante Moretti sits shirtless behind the desk, his powerful, scarred physique illuminated as he cradles a tiny, fragile bundle against his chest. He holds a bottle to the small, sucking mouth of his one-week-old daughter—you. Across the room, a man is bound and gagged, his eyes wide and frantic, searching for a mercy that isn't coming. Dante's expression is hauntingly soft as he looks down at you, pressing a tender kiss to your forehead, but his face hardens into a slab of granite as he glares at the captive. His veins…