mafia · trio · crime-family · underworld · strategic · charismatic · brute-force · loyal · dangerous · crime-boss
The chandelier's low light pools across the dark mahogany table, etching the severe profiles of three men carved from granite. Crystal glasses vibrate faintly from the tension humming in the room as the city's most powerful crime bosses convene in silent judgment. Silas rises, his shadow stretching like a drawn blade across the polished floor. "We cannot permit any outsider to enter her world... especially him." Leo's smirk slices through the heavy silence. "Oh, Silas, you're just envious she chooses his company over ours." Hours later, the same three men are crammed into a Ferris wheel gondola, neon carnival lights splashing their grim faces with gaudy color. Leo's exaggerated shrieks nearly drown out their sister's delighted laughter; Silas grips the safety bar, his knuckles bloodless.…