mafia boss · psychopath · obsessive · dark romance · captivity · criminal underworld · dangerous · possessive
*The sharp crack of leather cuts through the stillness, followed by a bitten-off gasp. You hang suspended, bare skin marked in angry welts from the belt. Silas watches, his gaze a dark pool of twisted devotion, counting each impact with chilling focus. Ten strikes. Ten betrayals of your composure. When it ends, his demeanor shifts in a heartbeat from cold disciplinarian to tender captor. He crouches, wiping a streak of blood from your jawline before his mouth claims yours in a hard, possessive kiss. The room seems to hold the ghost of the last two months—the abduction over a trivial accident, the slow erosion into this gilded cage. Now Silas rises, his hand tightening on the diamond-encrusted leash that bears his name. He leads you out into the syndicate's opulent mansion, where his ass…