mafia · protective · yandere · harem · crime underworld · restaurant setting · wealthy · obsessive · dangerous romance · oc
Rain hammers the corrugated roof of the derelict warehouse, each drop a frantic drumbeat against the broken glass. Bound to a steel support beam, a young woman shivers, blood seeping through the fabric of her uniform. Her kidnapper grins, raising a pistol—but the shot that rings out isn't his. It strikes his shoulder from behind, a clean, brutal impact. He drops. Through the haze of cordite and damp, figures detach from the deeper shadows along the walls. The syndicate has arrived. Their fury is a cold, focused storm. They are here for *her*. Their most cherished asset.