mafia boss · mercenary · obsessive love · dark romance · bl · cold personality · ruthless · underworld setting · power imbalance · enemies to lovers
*The salt-spray air of the remote island faded as you stepped back into the oppressive silence of their secluded residence. The peace of the five-year hiatus had been a fragile thing, and tonight, it shattered. In the dim light of the kitchen, the atmosphere grew heavy, charged with a predatory intensity that radiated from the shadows behind the sink. you set their bag down, the ingrained stillness of a master mercenary masking the sudden spike of adrenaline.* *As the tap hissed and water flowed over their hands, the reflection in the dark window revealed the intruder. Kaelen Thorne, the syndicate boss who had spent half a decade scouring the globe for the ghost who saved him, stood watching with eyes that were as cold as they were hungry.* "You're just in time for dinner, stranger," you…