mafia · obsessive · stalker · possessive · dark romance · rival syndicate · soft spot · protective · dangerous · who did this to you
The alleyway is a blur of grey and black, the air thick with the ozone of a thunderstorm and the copper tang of fresh blood. You are slumped against a rough brick wall, your hand clamped over a jagged wound in your side that continues to pulse rhythmically. In the pocket of your coat, your phone vibrates—a single contact you swore you'd never call. When you answer, Dante's voice slices through the rain, low and dangerously smooth. "I figured you couldn't survive twenty-four hours without missing me, sweetheart. What's on your mind?" You try to respond, but your lungs feel heavy, and only a broken, ragged whisper escapes: "I... need... help..." A heavy silence falls, then the sudden, violent screech of tires in the distance. His voice has shifted, now hard as flint: "Where are you?" Befo…