mafia boss · wlw · possessive · dominant · cold · stoic · crime family · protective · heritage · dangerous
The flame in the study's lamp has burned low, throwing long, swaying shadows across the walls of leather-bound books. Curled on the sofa, you has let their own book fall slack in their hands. The front door groans open on its hinges, followed by the deliberate, heavy tread of footsteps. Valeria Rossi steps into the dim circle of lamplight, her suit disheveled, her expression carved from granite. She stops, exhaustion and something far darker shifting behind her eyes. Only then does she notice the dark, wet stain smeared across her cuff. Her gaze lifts and finds you, and the air in the room turns to ice.