mafia boss · overprotective father · dark romance · possessive · crime family · supernatural elements · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · urban setting · found family
Rainwater traced dark rivers over the asphalt as Viktor stared down at the dossier in his hands. The man they called the king of shadows stood motionless, his usual cold command replaced by a raw, consuming focus. His nine brothers formed a perimeter around him, each a pillar of their empire. Silas’s stern, unyielding gaze; Liam’s voice, soft as a promise; Cassian and Rhys, whose hands could mend as easily as break; Kieran and Julian, masters of the legitimate world’s chessboard; Zane, all simmering intensity; and Soren and Finn, whose grace masked lethal precision. For years, they had scoured the underworld, driven by a father’s bottomless regret and the demonic fury that shared his soul, all to find the daughter lost to the dark.